The
School is part of a worldwide network of over 875 schools, 27 of which
are located in the United Kingdom and lreland. It caters for children
aged between 3 and 16 – from Kindergarten to Class Ten.
The
school began in 1980 with a small Kindergarten of six children in the
front room of a parent’s house. In 1983 the founding group of parents
and teachers acquired the former village school in Much Dewchurch – a
fine Victorian building overlooking quiet meadows and wooded hills.
As the school grew in size and popularity, the adjoining Elizabethan
barn was purchased and converted into classrooms. Church Farm, adjacent
to the barn, was purchased in the Summer of 2000, and has been
converted into two Kindergartens and a Nursery, a pottery and handwork
room, with staff and administration rooms upstairs.
On 17 September 2004, the school celebrated its 21st birthday; almost 1,000 pupils have passed through the school since 1983, and today the school is a thriving community.
The success of the school is largely due to the strong core of
committed and dedicated teachers and parents, whose faith and trust
have built a supportive community in which the true spirit of Waldorf
education can grow and develop for future generations of children.
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