Child centric schools 

In today’s rapidly changing world, many of us are looking for an alternative education for our children. An education the meets their need on every level.
Steiner Education always puts the child at the centre, to explain this the Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship commissioned ITN to make this short film to look at some of the key features of a Steiner School including:

• -How Steiner Schools nurture spiritual development in keeping with the cultural setting of the school and without being tied to a particular faith;
• -The emphasis on “doing” to complement academic learning;
• -How the absence of testing in the younger years nurtures enthusiasm for learning;
• -The importance of quietness and contemplation as part of the school day.

At the Moray Steiner School, we provide a child-centred curriculum that supports the development of well-rounded human beings. Young people who become resourceful, creative, responsible and questioning – well-equipped to meet the challenges that the 21st century presents.
Our teachers work in partnership with parents to create an environment at school and at home that nurtures the holistic development of the child and consciously cultivates qualities of trust, compassion and inner moral strength.
Moray Steiner School, established in 1985 and housed in the 19th Century Drumduan House, is the furthest north of the four Steiner Schools in Scotland. Set on a hilltop, adjoining Cluny woods, on the outskirts of Forres, the school is located within seven acres of mature trees and gardens with magnificent views overlooking Findhorn Bay and the Moray Firth.
This education has been in existence for nearly 100 years, and Steiner-based education is currently one of the fastest growing alternative educational models.  Currently in 2011 there are over 1000 independent Waldorf or Steiner Schools in sixty countries across the world including over 30 in the UK.  In addition to this, other state and private schools are increasingly using methods drawn from Waldorf education.

Steiner schools are one example where you don't have tests.

But they still do develop the capability of pupils so that they are able to take GCSEs and go into further and higher education.

That seems to say you don't have to do it by tests and targets. You can do it through a more human relationship between teachers and pupils.