St. Paul’s Steiner School is an independent, non-selective and non-denominational school for children aged 3 – 14 years old.
Housed in a beautiful 19th century church in central London, St. Paul’s is a Steiner-Waldorf School. We provide an education that supports the development of well-rounded human beings who are resourceful, creative, responsible and curious; ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century with the problem-solving skills required for a sustainable future.
You can now download the Friday Flier for the 11th May here.
With a target of £40k a year to be raised from internal fundraising events, fairs andactivities (excluding grants from Trusts and Foundations) we need your fundraising inspirations to get the money rolling in. We get a long way towards hitting our fundraising target each year from theproceeds of the Advent Fair, jumble sales and the biennial sponsored MountainWalk but we need to initiate a few more events to ensure we meet the target. When you have an inspiration please use the proposal form downloadable here to share your idea and let us know who and what will be needed to make it happen. Put your proposal in the box in reception and it will be on the agenda forthe next RMG meeting which you will be welcome to attend. Of course no one wants to be endlessly asked to “bake a cake and then buy it back” so the RMG has committed to making sure that any fundraising initiatives that will call upon the time and good will of the parents of theschool will be well worth it in terms of cash in the till! Completed forms should be put in the box marked ‘Fundraising’ on the table outside the School Office (where blank copies of the form are alsoavailable). Thank You!
Download the Event Proposal Form
You can now download our most recent finance update here.
You can also find details of our new fees for 2012/13 on the fees page here.
If you are applying for fee assistance, you can now do so using our interactive form here. Open the form in Microsoft Word, complete it, save changes, and return it to us by e-mail. There are some known problems downloading the file in older versions of Internet Explorer. If you are having problems with the file, try to download it in a different browser or ask us to e-mail you a copy.
A group of academics and authors has written to the Telegraph to criticise the “schoolification” of early childhood, suggesting instead there should be more focus on imagination, play and physical development.
One of the signatories, Sue Palmer, who wrote Toxic Childhood, explains that there is a “pressing down” of a “mechanical target-driven” model of education on very young children before school age.
Listen to the story here
During 2010 the Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship commissioned ITN to make a short film to look at some of the key features of a Steiner School. Until recently, this excellent film has only been available to purchase from the SWSF website in DVD format, but the Fellowship have now kindly given permission for it to be made more widely accessible for viewing via the web. It is currently hosted on the Steiner Free Schools YouTube Channel and can be accessed via the link
Click here to watch the film online: The Gift of Learning – YouTube clip, 11mins
Another film that may be of interest is this clip of a lecture by Dr. Christakis, who is a Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Child Health Institute at the University of Washington, and a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. His research focuses on the effects of media on child health and development. In this lecture, he talks about the effect of watching TV on small children.
Click here to watch the lecture online: T.E.D Lecture by Dr. Christakis – YouTube clip, 16 mins
