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  • Job Title

    Finance Administrator

  • Location

    London, Greater London (Remote working)

  • Posted

    19th November 2024

  • School

    Waldorf UK

  • Salary

    £28,000 - £30,000 (pro-rata)

  • Hours

    Part Time

  • Description

    Waldorf UK, the umbrella group for Waldorf education in the UK, is seeking a part-time Finance Administrator - 8 hours per week. As part of a small, dynamic team, you will be invo ...

  • Job Title

    Bursar

  • Location

    London, Greater London

  • Posted

    15th November 2024

  • School

    Greenwich Waldorf School

  • Salary

    Negotiable

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    Greenwich Waldorf School seeks an experienced bursar to provide professional leadership and direction to this thriving co-educational, independent school. The school provides an e ...

  • Job Title

    Kindergarten Teacher

  • Location

    Ringwood, Hampshire

  • Posted

    29th October 2024

  • School

    Ringwood Waldorf School

  • Salary

    £30,000

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    Ringwood Waldorf School is looking to welcome a Steiner Waldorf Kindergarten Teacher to join our experienced Early Years team in January 2025.  Located on the edge of the New ...

  • Job Title

    Kindergarten Teacher

  • Location

    Ringwood, Hampshire

  • Posted

    29th October 2024

  • School

    Ringwood Waldorf School

  • Salary

    £21,911 pro rata

  • Hours

    Part Time

  • Description

    Ringwood Waldorf School is looking to welcome a Steiner Waldorf Kindergarten Teacher to join our experienced Early Years team in December 2024.  Located on the edge of the Ne ...

  • Job Title

    Outdoor Education/Craft Teacher

  • Location

    Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire

  • Posted

    24th October 2024

  • School

    Nant-y-Cwm Steiner School

  • Salary

    £25 000 pro rata

  • Hours

    Part Time

  • Description

    We are seeking a practicioner who believes that immersion in the natural world is beneficial to the social and emotional development of children as well as supporting their formal ...

  • Job Title

    Afternoon care facilitator

  • Location

    Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire

  • Posted

    17th October 2024

  • School

    Nant-y-Cwm Steiner School

  • Salary

    £12.58 per hour + holiday pay

  • Hours

    Part Time

  • Description

    We have an exciting opportunity to join our Early Childhood Team in our purpose built, CADW listed building in the heart of rural Pembrokeshire. This is a role for those who have ...

  • Job Title

    Parent and Child Leader Maternity Leave

  • Location

    Forest Row, East Sussex

  • Posted

    9th October 2024

  • School

    Michael Hall School

  • Salary

    £9,149-£11,717 actual salary dep on experience

  • Hours

    Part Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Parent and Child Group Leader Maternity Leave The details of this role are as follows: Working hours: 9:00am to 12:00pm, 4 days a week plus weekly Faculty meetings. (13 hours) Ann ...

  • Job Title

    Early Childhood Assistant

  • Location

    Forest Row, East Sussex

  • Posted

    5th October 2024

  • School

    Michael Hall School

  • Salary

    £12,611 actual salary

  • Hours

    Part Time, Term Time

  • Description

    The details of this role are as follows: Working hours: 25 hours a week 8.00am – 12.45pm Mon- Fri Annual leave: School Holidays Contract type: Part time permanent Salary: £12,611 ...

  • Job Title

    Class Teacher Class 3/4

  • Location

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

  • Posted

    1st October 2024

  • School

    Cambridge Steiner School

  • Salary

    £28,350 - £32,550 Gross per annum

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    Position: Steiner Waldorf Class Teacher Class 3/4 Appointed by: School Leadership Team Reports to: Teaching and Learning Lead Position: Full time position, 37.5 hours per week Cor ...

  • Job Title

    Class Teacher

  • Location

    Forest Row, East Sussex

  • Posted

    19th September 2024

  • School

    Michael Hall School

  • Salary

    £28,152 - 36,051

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    Class Teacher Role and Responsibility The class teacher is responsible for holding the class and will be expected to teach the Main Lesson curriculum. The class teacher will be pa ...

  • Job Title

    Site Team Operative

  • Location

    Forest Row, East Sussex

  • Posted

    17th September 2024

  • School

    Michael Hall School

  • Salary

    23194

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    Site Team Operative Salary: £23,194 Start date: ASAP Working hours: Full time 37.5 hours – over 5 days, on a rolling shift pattern, Monday-Sunday of either early, mid or late shif ...

  • Job Title

    Housekeeper

  • Location

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

  • Posted

    9th September 2024

  • School

    Cambridge Steiner School

  • Salary

    £11.85/hour

  • Hours

    Part Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Cambridge Waldorf School is looking to appoint to the new role of School Housekeeper. This is an opportunity to join our collegiate team with responsibility to help create and mai ...

  • Job Title

    Teaching Assistant

  • Location

    Forest Row, East Sussex

  • Posted

    26th August 2024

  • School

    Michael Hall School

  • Salary

    13,934

  • Hours

    Part Time

  • Description

    Teaching Assistant Job Details Term time only Contract type: 30 hours a week. Permanent Salary: £13,934 (FTE £22,368) Start date: As soon as possible Duties and Responsibilities P ...

  • Job Title

    Eurythmy Teacher

  • Location

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

  • Posted

    19th June 2024

  • School

    Cambridge Steiner School

  • Salary

    FTE £28,350-£32,550 (PT £5,670 - £6,510)

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    Main features of the position:  Cambridge Waldorf School is looking for an inspiring, enthusiastic and committed individual to teach Eurythmy. The Eurythmy teacher is respons ...

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Why Waldorf Teaching?

Inspire and be inspired.

Waldorf teaching is different. With the relationship between the teacher and the child or young person at the heart of everything we do, we go beyond the delivery of a set curriculum. Waldorf teachers are creative, and our schools create the space and opportunity for that creativity to flourish.


Waldorf teaching is an art, a craft and a science.

Teaching as an art involves learning to understand the needs and voices of children and young people. It means choosing and preparing just the right material at the right time so that pupils’ imagination is sparked and they are able to dive into the subject with joy.

Teaching as a craft is about deep knowledge of and enthusiasm for a subject, and using this alongside pedagogical understanding and professional intuition (knowing-in-practice) to enable healthy and effective learning within a broad curriculum framework.

Teaching as a science means using the pedagogical anthropology (understanding of the developing human being) that underpins Waldorf education to inform your teaching. It involves engaging with relevant and contemporary educational theory and research in a process of ongoing professional development.

Waldorf teaching is not an ‘easy’ option – it demands commitment, passion, research and creativity. There are no ‘off the shelf’ curricula, no commercial schemes and programmes, and no ready-made powerpoint presentations (in fact no interactive whiteboards at all in the lower school!). Within a broad framework, you will become a curriculum designer for your class or subject. You will need to learn new skills – singing, movement games, storytelling and maybe even playing the recorder. But Waldorf teaching also affords the opportunity to develop as a person and as a professional within a collaborative organisation: to play a vital role in an education that truly has children and young people at its centre.


Teaching different ages and stages:

Early Childhood Practitioners focus on work with children aged 0-5. They work in a variety of settings, from childminding to ‘playgroup’ provision for 2-4 year olds in schools.

Kindergarten Teachers and assistants work with children aged from 3 to 6 in mixed age groups. There are independent kindergartens, and also kindergarten classes within schools. There is no formal, academic teaching in kindergarten – children learn through practical activities and play.

Class Teachers usually work with the same group of children for up to eight years. They will often start in Class 1, when children aged 6-7 begin their formal learning journey, and cycle back round after Class 5 or Class 8. Some class teachers specialise in the Class 6-8 age range. Similar to a primary school teacher, class teachers will teach most subjects across the curriculum, but much of the teaching is done through cross-curricular ‘blocks’ lasting 3-4 weeks.

Subject Teachers teach across a range of classes, offering specialist teaching in world languages, crafts, handwork, games and movement, eurythmy, music, drama and outdoor learning.

Upper School Teachers teach young people aged 14 – 19. They will usually have a subject specialism, but this might be broader than in other education systems (e.g. humanities, science etc). Waldorf schools offer a range of secondary qualifications, from standard GCSEs, A-Levels and Scottish Highers to independent portfolio qualifications and innovative programmes like the Integrative Education Diploma and the Certificate of Steiner Education.

Getting in to Waldorf Teaching

There are many pathways into teaching in the Waldorf Education movement in the UK.


If you do not yet have any Early Years qualifications, the Early Childhood training programmes are as follows:


Crossfields Institute Level 3 Diploma in Holistic Baby and Child Care (Early Years Educator): https://emerson.org.uk/course/holistic-baby-and-child-care/ (specialising in working with children from birth to five).


Crossfields Institute Level 4 Diploma in Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Studies (Early Years Educator): https://loswec.co.uk/ (London) or https://neswec.org.uk/ (York and Stourbridge) (specialising in kindergarten – age 3-6)


Interest-free loans are available for the course fees for these courses. They are all part-time courses and can be completed alongside a full- or part-time role.


If you already have an early years qualification, the above courses all offer a ‘quality mark’ pathway, where the course content is the same, but the assessment burden is significantly reduced.


If you already have a PGCE / PGDE or other recognised teaching qualification: You may be able to apply for a teaching role at a Waldorf school. However, you will be expected to complete a further part-time post-graduate qualification – the Post-Graduate Diploma in Waldorf Education and Creative Pedagogies: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/courses/pg-waldorf-education-and-creative-pedagogies/ This course can also be completed whilst teaching in a state or other independent school.


Interest-free loans and some bursaries are available for the course fees for this course.


If you do not yet have a teaching qualification, but you do have a degree, you can apply for a role as a teaching assistant, a classroom assistant, a learning support assistant, a cover teacher or a training teacher. You can then complete the Post-Graduate Diploma in Waldorf Education with PGCE and QTS: https://www.yorksteinerschool.org/postgraduate-diploma-in-waldorf-education/


Interest-free loans and apprenticeship funding are available for the course fees for this course. You will need English, Maths and Science GCSE equivalents, as well as a degree in any subject.


If you already have a PGCE / PGDE or other recognised teaching qualification: You may be able to apply for a teaching role at a Waldorf school. However, you will be expected to complete a further part-time post-graduate qualification – the Post-Graduate Diploma in Waldorf Education and Creative Pedagogies: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/courses/pg-waldorf-education-and-creative-pedagogies/ This course can also be completed whilst teaching in a state or other independent school.


Interest-free loans and some bursaries are available for the course fees for this course.


If you do not yet have a teaching qualification, but you do have a degree, you can apply for a role as a teaching assistant, a classroom assistant, a learning support assistant, a cover teacher or a training teacher. You can then complete the Post-Graduate Diploma in Waldorf Education with PGCE and QTS: https://www.yorksteinerschool.org/postgraduate-diploma-in-waldorf-education/


Interest-free loans and apprenticeship funding are available for the course fees for this course. You will need English and Maths GCSE equivalents, as well as a degree relevant to your specialist subject.


For non-National Curriculum subjects (such as craft, handwork or outdoor learning) you may need to follow the Class Teacher training route, and develop your specialist teaching independently and based on your previous experience. Eurythmy training is available through Eurythmy UK: https://eurythmyuk.org/


If you already have a PGCE / PGDE or other recognised teaching qualification: You may be able to apply for a teaching role at a Waldorf school. However, you will be expected to complete a further part-time post-graduate qualification – the Post-Graduate Diploma in Waldorf Education and Creative Pedagogies: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/courses/pg-waldorf-education-and-creative-pedagogies/ This course can also be completed whilst teaching in a state or other independent school.


Interest-free loans and some bursaries are available for the course fees for this course.


If you do not yet have a teaching qualification, but you do have a relevant degree: You can apply for Upper School roles as a teaching assistant, a classroom assistant, a learning support assistant, a cover teacher or a training teacher. You can then complete the Post-Graduate Diploma in Waldorf Education with PGCE and QTS: https://www.yorksteinerschool.org/postgraduate-diploma-in-waldorf-education/


Interest-free loans and apprenticeship funding are available for the course fees for this course. You will need English and Maths GCSE equivalents, as well as a degree relevant to your specialist subject.

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