Greenwich Waldorf School’s newly filed accounts reveal a school under severe financial pressure. Another large deficit is forecast, pupil numbers remain below break-even and the auditor has identified a material uncertainty capable of casting significant doubt on the school’s ability …
Closure and redundancies after Steiner schools lose VAT exemption
Until January 2025, education and boarding provided by private schools were generally exempt from VAT, meaning that schools did not charge VAT on tuition fees. On 29th July 2024, the newly elected government announced that the exemption would be removed …
Painting by Numbers III: Home Schooling Goes Mainstream
An earlier post in this series established that Steiner and Montesori school pupil numbers (4,000 and approximately 17,000 respectively) are a mere fraction of the 630,000 pupils in independent (private) schools as a whole. Similarly, when considered as education movements, …
Painting by Numbers II: Germany and UK Steiner Schools Compared
In a previous post I tallied the numbers of Steiner-educated children on roll across the 18 British Steiner Waldorf schools that survived the 2019 Steiner schools crisis. In this post, we’ll look at how the numbers compare with those of …