to wonder what happens to all the Steiner kids when they get to secondary age/13?

[Greensleeves]

Do they get their Hogwarts letters, or what?

All the Steiner schools I know of (bar one, in a very expensive area where most people can't afford to live, only the plummy rich pseudo-hippies) finish at 11 or 13. It must be pretty difficult to make the transition to a bog-standard local school, surely?

[southeastastra]

ooh hello greeny!

[fuckityfuckfuckfuck]

Don't come back quietly will you greeny

[Greensleeves]

hi:)

Loving the fuckity nickname!

[pigletmania]

Whats a Steiner school

[kakapo]

Steiner

[LineRunner]

They run free to experience uninhibited learning in a private setting.

The kids, not the parents.

[CaptainNancy]

Isn't 13 when they get shipped off to military academy in Alaska?

[pointydog]

I knew of one who went into mainstream. She was a bright girl, I'm sure she adapted ok.

[CMOTdibbler]

Michael Hall in Forest Row goes up to 18. When we lived in that area it was noticable who had done so iykwim

[northerngirl41]

Couple of things:
They could be homeschooled
They can go mainstream
They are at a stage where they can study online and apply early for 6th form college
They can go to international schools where they tend to study wider selection of subjects at a lower level than traditional schools
They are old enough to board at a senior Steiner school

Depends on the kid really. Most I know get crammed over the summer in the stuff they missed out on and enter mainstream school without too many problems - although admittedly they tend to be private schools. That's just my experience though, obviously it'll differ depending on each area/school.

[MrsDraper]

They turn into Farrow and Ball obsessives?

[CMOTdibbler]

There was a definate oddness Madam - obviously not all of them were the same, but a huge tendency to very lentil weaveryness and crystal waving.

[southeastastra]

i think the schools sound pretty cool

[roundthehouses]

in my secondary we had quite a few kids coming over to our school at 13/14, they all went back a year but otherwise did ok from there I think.

[GetOrfMoiSamsungFridgeFreezer]

Greensleeves! How lovely to see you - I hope you are well.

There is a Steiner school in Gloucester which goes up to age 18. GCSE results pretty good, A levels less so but not terrible, so they must have some kind of curriculum when they reach senior age.

Looks like a lovely school from the outside, dd wanted to go there!

[onadifferentplanettoday]

My ds (14 in Jan) will be going back to his Steiner School where he will stay until he is 16 and has done his GCSEs. We are not plummy rich pseudo-hippies nor do we weave lentils or wave crystals.

[RitaMorgan]

I think the Bristol one goes up to 16 or 18.

They're all fucking nuts though, lentil weaving and crystal waving is the least of it

[GetOrfMoiSamsungFridgeFreezer]

Just had a nosey on the Gloucester steiner website.

Blimey the fees are cheap!

Is not for me at all but can see why people would choose it if only as a cheap(er) alternative to private school.

[RitaMorgan]

Private school with added gnomes...

[RitaMorgan]

How would you describe the belief system then MrsvWoolf?