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St Paul’s Steiner School, Islington, London N1

1 St Paul's Road, Islington, London N1 2QH

St Paul's Steiner School, London N1

10 simple reasons to choose St Paul's Steiner School

Independent prep school and nursery in Islington.
For pupils aged 3 to 14 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
St Paul's Steiner School fees range from £2,850 (Rec) to £3,303 per term (2021/22).

10 better reasons to choose St Paul's Steiner School

Schoolsmith Score®; 69.
One of the best independent prep schools in Islington and one of the 5 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 19.6 pupils per class and 15.7 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destinations for most St Paul's Steiner School leavers are a local state school for the GCSE years. Some go on to other independent schools with similar 'progressive' principles such as St Michael's Steiner in Feltham, Brockwood Park School in Hampshire, or St Michael's School in Letchworth.
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 pupils have the same class teacher throughout the school, for Main Lesson at least. Specialist staff teach languages, sport, eurythmy, woodwork, handwork , outdoor work, drama, music, and later, maths and English.
Steiner schools de-emphasise exams (till GCSE) and computing (until age 11). Technology lessons are handwork (knitting, sewing, etc), and craft (woodwork, metalwork, basket weaving), and gardening.
PE curriculum focuses on non-competitive sports up to Class 5 (Year 6), and movement.
Art, music, and Eurythmy are taught as discrete and cross-curricular subjects to all pupils.
There are no after school clubs or wraparound care but both may be introduced some time in 2021/22.

Find another school near St Paul's Steiner School

Independent Prep Schools

Rosemary Works School (1.3 miles); The Gower School (1.7 miles); Dallington School (2 miles).

State Primary Schools

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Islington (0.7 miles); Shacklewell Primary School (0.8 miles); William Tyndale Primary School (0.8 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

North Bridge House Senior Canonbury (0.5 miles); City of London School for Girls (2.7 miles).

State Senior Schools

Highbury Grove School (0.7 miles); The Petchey Academy (0.8 miles); Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form (0.9 miles).

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