Welcome Back!
While this autumn may feel different than those in the past, we look forward to seeing all the children in our COVID-free school . While we must adhere to the new guidelines, to ensure everyone’s safety, we are committed to ensuring all the children receive as rich and broad an education as ever.
Remember: If children are travelling on public transport, they should wear face masks until they reach the school. This is the procedure for school entry for children:
- Wash hands
- Remove mask
- Bin it if single use and put in plastic bag if reusable
- Wash hands again
If we keep to the guidelines, we will keep our school COVID-free!
We still have places available for ages 3 – 14 (Nursery, Primary and Secondary)!
St Paul’s Steiner School offers Early Years part funded (15 hours) places to 3 & 4 year olds.
For more information on joining our Central London Steiner Waldorf School, please email admisssions@stpaulssteinerschool.org.
Last Updated: 5th September 2020
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The Friday Flier
The most recent Friday Flier was sent on 25th September. The Flier is published every second Friday during term.
Lunch club booking form – Spring 2020
Please fill in the form and return it to the office as soon as possible. This will help us to ensure we have the right number of staff to care for the children.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.
It’s quite a distance to St Pauls Steiner school as we live in West London, however we don’t question the inconvenience for a minute as we love the school. We sincerely hope that Achala will be with Caio for the longest time possible, as to find such a rare gem of a teacher is a chance in a million.
Debi and Henrique
As an alumnus of St. Paul's Steiner School, I can strongly say that I have been to a very good school. Not in the way that I have turned into an Eton intellect, but in the way that I have had an education that I understand is different, special and have had the opportunity to branch out into my own interests and work, all at my own pace.
Now that I am at a mainstream school, I can see that the way I have previously been educated has given me an advantage that others may not have. Advantages like perseverance, how to talk to a teacher to get the best information possible, not being afraid to ask questions and bringing a sense of creativity to any subject I am working at and giving it my own flourish.
Lucas
Year 10
St Pauls Steiner school has been immensely important to our family. It helped to give my three boys the best possible start in life. They had great teachers, a fantastic range of experiences, worked really hard and hopefully met friends for life. There’s a lot of misunderstanding about Steiner schools unfortunately and the work aspect is crucial - there are not many places that children do the level of public performance that the school did and it is incredible for their confidence at a young age.
We loved the community around the school and the engagement of parents in the mission of the school. All three of our boys have been well prepared for what came next and are thriving academically and socially. The eldest is now at Leeds studying Pharma and hopefully maintaining momentum towards a First Class degree.
Philip
The teaching methods helped me to not only have a wider range of skills (woodwork, handicraft/clothes mending and making, which I studied until GCSE), but also a healthy relationship with nature and the outdoors. I’m currently at Oxford University, having achieved 3A*s at A-level and 8A*s 3As at GCSE. I believe that Steiner education gave me a strong sense of self, safety to explore the world (which has profoundly affected my academic curiosity), a healthy mode of expressing my feelings, and a self-motivation that I think would not have manifested if I had been tested from an early age….Responsibility is given to you from a young age in terms of looking out for your peers and developing healthy, independent relationships and coping mechanisms under the guiding hand of a teacher. I fully intend to send any children I may have to Steiner school, it did not affect my academic achievements, but more importantly, has made me an emotionally healthy, curious, and grounded individual.
Martha
The main lessons that accompanied throughout the 8 years of education, emphasised the value of stories which underlie the fabric of our human experience, weaving through our histories and endless human discoveries. Information was not forced upon, but rather offered once I was ready to absorb it and incorporate it into my experience of knowledge acquisition. The absence of exams throughout my Steiner education meant that I learnt subjects, theories, languages, and skills for the sake of the knowledge itself rather than to achieve a grade and the academic recognition that accompanies those grades when or if you perform well.
I am now completing a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. My thirst for learning and desire for new experiences have led me around the world: to the Philippines and to Alaska. I want to be part of the efforts to reduce humanity’s heavy presence on the natural environment.
Coco
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School Policies
February 2019
The school’s ‘British Values’ statement can be found on the policies page along with all school policies and procedures
The parents’ handbook
September 2018
A copy of the new parents’ handbook is available from the policies page here.