Hope Sussex: Children’s crossbow lessons at ‘school for conspiracists’
Children are being taught archery, swordplay and boxing by former members of the far right who believe they are “at war” with the state.
The leaders of Hope Sussex, a suspected illegal school that is under investigation by Ofsted, encourage parents to remove their children from mainstream state education and send them to their site for lessons, while telling local authorities that the children are being home-educated.
A full curriculum is taught, albeit through the prism of conspiracy with history lessons involving teaching that the US government knew in advance about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Hope Sussex site near the village of Netherfield
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD POHLE
Recent photographs released by the school, situated near the village of Netherfield, East Sussex, show children being given instruction in boxing and archery. Pictures show pupils being taught how to
