Hinton Road, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire CB21 5DZ
10 simple reasons to choose Cambridge Steiner Lower School
Independent prep school and nursery in Fulbourn.
For pupils aged 2 to 14 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Very small school, with less than one class per year (combined year groups).
Standalone prep school, with a senior department.
Cambridge Steiner Lower School fees range from £3,024 (Rec) to £3,450 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose Cambridge Steiner Lower School
Schoolsmith Score®; 68.
One of the best independent prep schools in Cambridge and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 16.8 pupils per class and 14 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Leavers' destination schools for Cambridge Steiner School pupils after Year 9 are local state or independent schools for the GCSE years. The school has opened an Upper School to provide the option of continuing with a Steiner education.
School follows the Steiner curriculum which emphasises creativity with a balance of artistic, practical and intellectual topics. The first lesson of the day is the two hour thematic 'Main Lesson'. After which there are five discrete subject lessons. Curriculum also includes PSHE, French, German.
Steiner practice is that the same class teacher stays with the same pupils year on year for Main Lesson at least. Specialist staff teach the other subjects such as languages, sport, eurythmy, craft, handwork etc.
The school has a no devices policy for pupils up to Year 6, and there is no formal testing through Primary years.
School offers a small range of sports. Though there are regular PE lessons, the emphasis is on fitness and wellbeing, not competition.
Art, music, Eurythmy (dance/movement), handwork (knitting, sewing), and craft (woodwork, metalwork, basket weaving) are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. There are also after school clubs for drama and string orchestra.
Extended daycare options from 8.30am to 5.00pm.
Find another school near Cambridge Steiner Lower School
Independent Prep Schools
Landmark International School, Infants & Juniors (0.9 miles); Oaks International School (2 miles).
State Primary Schools
Fulbourn Primary School (0.9 miles); The Spinney Primary School (2.3 miles); St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Cambridge (4.2 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Landmark International School (0.9 miles); The Perse School, Upper School (3.2 miles).
State Senior Schools
St Bede's Inter-Church School (2.5 miles); Hills Road Sixth Form College (3.2 miles); Parkside Community College (4.5 miles).