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We aim to do this as a learning community that encourages children, parents and staff to unfold their potential in a safe, creative and inspiring environment.
We aim to do this as a learning community that encourages children, parents and staff to unfold their potential in a safe, creative and inspiring environment.
Ringwood Waldorf School is a co-educational independent school catering for pupils aged 3 to 18, on the edge of the New Forest. The school is dedicated to educating children according to the pedagogical principles of Dr Rudolf Steiner.
These guidelines place the developing child at the centre of all educational activities. Teaching is considered to be an art, through which a teacher can respond to the needs of each individual in a creative way. Ringwood Waldorf School provides a broad curriculum, balancing academic, artistic and practical subjects alike. In this way we address the whole child in thinking, feeling and doing, cultivating physical wellbeing, a rich inner life, flexibility in thinking and a joy for learning.
We aim to do this as a learning community that encourages children, parents and staff to unfold their potential in a safe, creative and inspiring environment.
We work out of respect for the dignity of each human being and strive to maintain a community where diversity and collaboration are promoted and celebrated. We work out of a wish to be inclusive of all, irrespective of circumstances. Our policies and development plans have been built on these principles.
Our vision is that Ringwood Waldorf School will continue to be a sustainable living community where learning is relevant to the challenges of the present and future, and where young people can develop into capable, confident adults who want to contribute positively to society.
The Parents’ Handbook, which is reviewed and updated on an annual basis, is distributed to current parents of Ringwood Waldorf School and represents part of the commitment of the school to keep parents well informed on aspects of school organisation and management policy by providing useful information.
Waldorf Education seeks to guide and support children through the natural phases of development, encouraging them to grow into resourceful, warm-hearted, flexible and practical adults. This education recognises childhood as a journey that needs to leave time for the unfolding of the three soul forces - thinking, feeling and willing - in the maturing child.
Ringwood Waldorf School reflects in its organisational structure the Threefold Social Order out of which the founding impulse for the Waldorf School movement arose. The form of organisational structure can, in simple terms, be viewed as a flat republican management model. Education is seen as a cultural deed within the Threefold Social Order and it is an integral part of the education itself.
We recognise that choosing a school is a big decision. We invite you to visit us and learn more about how a Waldorf education at Ringwood Waldorf School can benefit your child.
Address
Ringwood Waldorf School, Folly Farm Lane,
Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2NN
Open Term Time
Monday – Friday
8.00 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
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