It’s the Pedagogy, Stupid - Kings Langley Steiner School

[9-Mar-19]

Dennis McCarthy, a teacher from the currently shut down Kings Langley Steiner School in England has been banned from teaching.

This follows accusations of sexual assault. During a hearing in February, the professional panel was told a list of allegations which went back almost a decade.[more]

The Underlying Principles of Steiner Education - Wyndstones School

[3-Mar-19]

Ofsted ruffled a lot of feathers at the end of 2018 and the beginning on 2019 by concluding that three of the four state-funded Steiner-Waldorf schools in the UK were ‘Inadequate’, due to serious safeguarding issues. This has led to a backlash from many parents whose children attend these schools. [more]

The Inadequacy of British State-Funded Steiner Schools

[18-Jan-19]

We’ve been following the development of state-funded Steiner education in the UK for years. Recently, there has been a lot of media attention when Kings Langley was forced to shut down over safety concerns.

We now have learned that OFSTED reports are judging additional state-funded Steiner Schools in Great Britain to be “inadequate”. [more]

The Results Of Steiner’s Curative Education - St. Christopher School

[10-Dec-15]

The St. Christopher School in Bristol, whose “approach is inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s educational principles and his Curative Education theory”, is to close in March 2016, due to financial problems and amid complaints of children in their charge being bullied by staff members.. [more]

School Closure Amid Bullying Complaints

[28-May-14]

The Aberdeen Waldorf School, which has been established since 1978, is due to close this summer, after a series of complaints have been made to the Care Inspectorate. [more]

Threatened Family Leaves Norwich Steiner School 

[14-Apr-13]

This information was taken from the Norwich Alternative Education website and describes through an email the father sent, what happened to his family and his child. You’ll wonder if any lessons had been learned from the Jo Sawfoot case.  [more]

Jo Sawfoot vs Norfolk Initiative Steiner School - Confidentiality Clause

[8-Sep-12]

We were contacted by the administrator of the Norfolk Initiative Steiner School, in April 2011, requesting that we publish her rebuttal of elements of the court judgement. She had also been to numerous other websites offering her own version of the events. [more]

The Jo Sawfoot vs Norfolk Initiative Steiner School tribunal papers

[9-Sep-11]

This staff member tried to flag up a problem with the way her pre-school child had been subject to physical restraint by a fellow teacher. She formally complained and demanded an investigation. She lost her job and she was brave enough to take the school to court. The judge ruled that she had made a public interest disclosure and that her allegations as a worker had not been properly investigated and had been misrepresented to another authority. Jo Sawfoot resigned. The judge further ruled that due to the school's breach of mutual trust and confidence it placed Ms.Sawfoot in a position whereby she could not reasonably be expected to continue in her employment. We have received various documents about her case, from the letter sent to parents when she resigned, to the actual tribunal papers and the school’s response to the judgement.

In the Media:

• The Daily Mail

• The Telegraph

• 21st July 2011 - School's Response to Decision

• 13th July 2011 - Sawfoot vs Norwich Initiative Steiner School

• 7th July 2009 - Letter from the Trustees

We Don’t Need No Steiner Education

[8-Oct-1997]

14 years before The Steinermentary Project saw the light of day, a rather famous musician spoke out against Steiner Waldorf education after his children's disastrous experience there. His story made it into the papers, something he later regreted after the backlash he suffered for doing so... [more]