Admissions
We understand the importance of finding the right school for your child. It can be an exciting journey to discover a school that meets your educational hopes and expectations.
Students come to Cardiff Steiner School from a variety of learning environments – state schools, independent schools, home-schooling, other Steiner schools – for a unique education they cannot find elsewhere.
To help you to get to know us and see if Cardiff Steiner School is right for your child we invite you to:
Kindergarten Admissions Process
When can apply?
We operate an “all year” admissions policy, where children aged 3 to 6 can join at any point throughout the year, subject to spaces being available. We accept applications at any time (from birth up). Because of growing numbers of applications, we recommend you apply as early as possible. You can visit before your child reaches 3 and join a waiting list for future admissions.
Admissions and Attendance Criteria
Children need to be at least 3 years old when they start.
Before your child reaches ‘compulsory school age’ (the term after a child’s fifth birthday) children can attend
Kindergarten part-time, from three to five mornings a week, from 9.00-1.00pm. This supports a gentle and
gradual introduction for your child to School and the wider world.
Once your child reaches ‘compulsory school age’ (the term after a child’s fifth birthday) they attend Kindergarten five mornings a week, from 9.00-1.00pm.
Flexible Wrapround Care is available from 8.00 to 3.30pm, 4.30pm or 6.00pm.
We expect the following pattern of attendance:
- Age 3 a minimum of three mornings a week
- Age 4 five mornings a week (with a minimum of four)
- Age 5 and 6 five mornings a week*
*Full-time education is a legal requirement for all children aged 5 to 18, either at school or otherwise. Full-time schooling in Kindergarten is 5 mornings a week.
Application Process
If your child is younger than 2 ¾
- Contact us to book a Visit where you can find out more about Steiner Education, tour the School and see the Kindergartens and Classes in action.
- Complete and return the Application Form.
- We will put you on our Admissions List and contact you in the term before your preferred start date to arrange a Taster Session and Parent Interview (see below).
Classes Admissions Process (age 6 to 18)
When can apply?
We operate an "all year" admissions process, admitting children and young people throughout the year (subject to spaces being available in the relevant Class).
Admissions Criteria
Cardiff Steiner School is a non-selective school. There is no entrance examination. Admission is based on:
- The availability of a place in the class appropriate to the applicant's age.
- The capacity of the School to meet the applicant's educational needs, taking into account its responsibility to the children already in the Class and the distinctive nature of the curriculum.
- The willingness/ability of parents to pay fees.
Application Process
- Contact us to book Book a Visit where you can find out more about Steiner Education, tour the School and see the Classes in action
- Complete and return the Application Form. There is no fee to do so, and no obligation to take your application further.
- We invite you for a Parent/Teacher Meeting where you meet the Class Teacher and talk about your child.
- We ask each child to spend a ‘Taster Week’ at the School in the relevant class before any decision is made (time to be agreed at the above meeting). This provides the wider teaching team with an opportunity to meet your child. After your child’s visit you may be invited to a further meeting with the teacher.
- The teachers will make a decision on admission, and we will contact you about this. If successful you will receive an Offer of a Place. You then fill in an Acceptance Form and pay a deposit of £300 to secure your place. The deposit is returnable when the child leaves the School as long as a full term’s notice has been given in writing.
- We’ll invite you to a Parent Interview where you have the opportunity to discuss the admission of your child with a teacher, and agree a start date and settling in process. It also helps us build a comprehensive picture of your child and their development. A non-refundable administration fee of £60 is required at this stage to facilitate the registration process.
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