A former Gloriavale resident's revealed students were made to "put on a good show" for inspectors.
Her comments follow a recent ERO report which slams the private school inside the secretive South Island community.
The report lists a raft of serious failings: 20 percent of enrolled students are absent from class.
There is a different quality of education for boys compared to girls. Most of the schools managers have not passed a fit and proper persons test.
And it doesn't meet the criteria for registration as a private school.
Pearl Valor left Gloriavale two years ago and has since won an employment case against the closed community.
For her, formal schooling was basically non-existent.
The chief Children's Commissioner is also very concerned about the report findings and Dr Claire Achmad speaks to Lisa Owen.
