Scottov wrote: ↑Sun Apr 16, 2023 5:53 pm

Jason Umbrellabird wrote: ↑Sun Apr 16, 2023 5:16 pmI sent my girls to this school until they both went to Brit School. Both my girls have turned out great, my eldest has a first class honours degree in Medieval History and my youngest now works at the Brit as a technician. The problem with the Steiner school stems from when it was located on Tooting Common and the fire that burnt it down in 2004. The school used all it's available funds to rebuild the classrooms at the same lovely location while reloating to a tiny church in the interim. 6 months later it was up and running again and over the next few years had over 100 pupils. All was great and the children were blossoming until Wandsworth Tories decided they weren't going to extend the lease and basically told the school to go. This was after the school had spent everything it had on the rebuild. The school started to haemorrage kids and the teachers took a £200 a month paycut, looking back we should have said "No" to tearing the school down, but everyone buckled under Tory pressure and moved back into a Church on the common until another property was found. The current property where the school is now is a pale shadow of what the school once was on the common where the children were so happy. It became difficult for everyone being there and Ofsted were waiting in the wings to swoop in and find fault with a school experiencing difficult circumstances. It now looks like the school is closing and what I call 'The Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy' have won. It's very sad, the orthodox contingent of our govt don't want an alternative to how they want our kids taught, which to my mind is pretty close to being actually evil. I hope those of you that've been against our school can take a good look at yourselves and what you've contributed to.

not weird at all!   

Jason Umbrellabird wrote: ↑Sun Apr 16, 2023 5:16 pmI sent my girls to this school until they both went to Brit School. Both my girls have turned out great, my eldest has a first class honours degree in Medieval History and my youngest now works at the Brit as a technician. The problem with the Steiner school stems from when it was located on Tooting Common and the fire that burnt it down in 2004. The school used all it's available funds to rebuild the classrooms at the same lovely location while reloating to a tiny church in the interim. 6 months later it was up and running again and over the next few years had over 100 pupils. All was great and the children were blossoming until Wandsworth Tories decided they weren't going to extend the lease and basically told the school to go. This was after the school had spent everything it had on the rebuild. The school started to haemorrage kids and the teachers took a £200 a month paycut, looking back we should have said "No" to tearing the school down, but everyone buckled under Tory pressure and moved back into a Church on the common until another property was found. The current property where the school is now is a pale shadow of what the school once was on the common where the children were so happy. It became difficult for everyone being there and Ofsted were waiting in the wings to swoop in and find fault with a school experiencing difficult circumstances. It now looks like the school is closing and what I call 'The Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy' have won. It's very sad, the orthodox contingent of our govt don't want an alternative to how they want our kids taught, which to my mind is pretty close to being actually evil. I hope those of you that've been against our school can take a good look at yourselves and what you've contributed to.

mummymaia wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:11 am I take a big issue with this being posted. Please send me details of whom posted this and why. I will be making a formal complaint and raising this matter further. This looks like a community editor posted this from your community. Is this correct please?

I have only good things to say about this school. This school has been an incredible support for my son through lockdown. Incredible. If there's one school in wandsworth that has not traumatised the kids further, throughout this very traumatising time for children, it's this school. It's a blessing it exists. They have followed all the rules to a T. They are meticulous with them. And yet, the children do not know the difference to such a degree that I have only seen my son thrive throughout lockdown.

The level of care, personal attention, and kindness given to each child is beyond what I have seen in any other school in the area, and I spent 2 years working in this area in schools a few years back, so I have experienced many of them, first hand. 

My son has been in this school during some of lockdown due to both his parents being keyworkers.

So to post this, when all schools need right now is support and praise, is in my eyes, is a travesty and worse. And all I need is support, quite frankly, so if this school is impacted by this post, then you impact my ability to be there for those in need at this time.

And I feel so passionate about this school's positive impact in the neighbourhood, that I will be raising this matter further. And like I have said, the MOST important thing is that the children feel safe, learn and grow in their kindness and care of themselves and each other, and this school epitomises this.

What you have done, whomever posted this, is not supportive of me, my son, the wider community or indeed those others that need support that I and my partner are providing.