St Paul's Steiner School

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Special Education Needs

St Paul’s Steiner School offers a broad based education to children aged 3–14. The school’s ethos and educational approach are inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s insights into child development and related pedagogical practice. St Paul’s Steiner School aims to ensure that all pupils, including those with Special Educational Needs, have access to the Steiner Waldorf curriculum. It is committed to valuing all pupils, irrespective of academic ability, physical or emotional attributes, gender, culture, religious, ethnic or socio-economic background. It recognises that all children have individual needs and that at some point in their school career any pupil may need additional support. The school tries to meet these needs in a way appropriate to the child’s age, stage of development and personal circumstances. The school employs whole -class, mixed ability teaching throughout, which means great emphasis is placed on the teacher’s input being imaginative, engaging and inclusive of all abilities and learning styles. Tasks are differentiated as necessary from this shared input, and where possible classroom assistants are on hand, aware of and briefed about assistance that may be needed in individual cases. St Paul’s Steiner School aims to provide a technology free environment for pupils from the ages of 3 – 12. In those years classrooms are not equipped with interactive whiteboards and pupils have no access to computers. ICT is introduced gradually from class VI/year 7 onwards and pupils with SEND may have access to assistive technology in the classroom once they reach Middle School.