Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School

Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School
Address
5 Helios Place
Titirangi
Auckland,
New Zealand
Coordinates 36°57′5.8″S 174°38′24.38″E / 36.951611°S 174.6401056°E / -36.951611; 174.6401056Coordinates: 36°57′5.8″S 174°38′24.38″E / 36.951611°S 174.6401056°E / -36.951611; 174.6401056
Information
Type Co-educational, non-denominational and independent (PG, N, K, Year 1-12)
Motto To nurture truth, beauty and goodness as the foundation for independent-thinking human beings.
Established 1987
Ministry of Education Institution no. 1595
School roll 173[1] (August 2018)
Socio-economic decile 9
Website titirangi.steiner.school.nz

Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School[2] (TRSS) is a privately funded school with a special character, a Waldorf school located in Auckland, New Zealand

A co-educational, non-denominational and independent education for children aged birth to eighteen (Playgroup to High School) based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner.

Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School provides a comprehensive Waldorf education Curriculum and environment which encourages and promotes independent thinking and social responsibility. The School understands children as beings of body, soul and spirit and guides them to develop compassion and reverence for themselves and the world community through realising their social, academic and artistic potential.

The unique gifts and contributions of each child are honoured through a developmentally appropriate awakening of thinking, feeling and willing as indicated by Rudolf Steiner.

Location

It is located on a site of over 29 hectares in West Auckland's Waitakere Ranges.[3]

Demographics

According to the 2018 Education Review Office report the school had 179 pupils out of which 18 were international. Out of those, 58% were female and 42% were male. The racial markup was 79% Pākehā, 4% Māori, 12% Asian, 3% Pacific and 2% of other races.[4] ERO also found that the school meets the registration as a private school criteria.[4]

The school's Kindergarten was reviewed separately by ERO who stated that 80% of teachers there were qualified. When it came to demographics, they were slightly different from the main school. The Titirangi Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten 1 had 53 pupils at the time of a review, 28 of which were male and 25 female. Out of those, 40% were Pākehā, 3% were Māori, 2% were Japanese, 6% of European descent and 2% were of other races.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 13 September 2018". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School
  3. ↑ Official school website
  4. 1 2 "Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School". Education Review Office. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Titirangi Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten 1". Education Review Office. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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