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Kindergarten (2-Year-Old) Application Form
£72.00
SECTION 1: CHILD'S PERSONAL DETAILS
Age at preferred start date:
First name
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Preferred name:
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Last name
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Date of birth
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Gender
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Preferred Start Date (view 'Session Dates' on website)
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Initial Provision:
Are your requested attendance days flexible? Please provide as much detail as possible.
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Subject to availability, do you have a preference for particular attendance days?
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Do you intend to increase provision within a timeframe (availability permitting)?
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Nationality (if not a UK national)
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Visa Required to enter the UK?
Native language(s)
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Language(s) spoken at home
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Address, including postcode
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SECTION 2: PARENT / GUARDIAN DETAILS
Relationship to child: Title / Surname #1
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#1 Parent/ Carer - First name
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#1 Parent/ Carer - Occupation
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#1 Parent/ Carer - Telephone number(s): Home / Work / Mobile
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#1 Parent/ Carer - Email
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#1 Parent/ Carer - Resident with child?
#1 Parent/ Carer - Address (inc. postcode) - if different to child
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Relationship to child: Title / Surname #2
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#2 Parent/ Carer - First name
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#2 Parent/ Carer - Occupation
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#2 Parent/ Carer - Telephone number(s): Home / Work / Mobile
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#2 Parent/ Carer - Email
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#2 Parent/ Carer - Resident with child?
Are you happy for the School to share your email address (for example with other parents/carers)?
SECTION 3: SIBLINGS
Sibling(s) name(s)
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Sibling(s) date(s) of birth
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Sibling(s) current school(s)
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SECTION 4: EDUCATION
Applicant: Current nursery
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Applicant: Current nursery address
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Applicant: Current nursery telephone number
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Applicant: Current nursery start date
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Applicant: Reason for leaving current nursery
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Applicant: Previous nursery
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Applicant: Address of previous nursery
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Applicant: Dates attended previous nursery
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Please sign to give consent for Edinburgh Steiner School contacting any of the above nurseries to request a verbal or written report for your child, and to authorise his/her/their previous nursery to provide this information to the Edinburgh Steiner School.
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If you wish for this to be delayed for any reason, please indicate here
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Are there any other carers involved in the child’s care? eg grandparents
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Are any outside agencies involved with your child?
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SECTION 5: GENERAL HEALTH
Please provide your child's GP contact details
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Please provide your child's Health Visitor details
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Medical & Consent Form Data to be completed: https://forms.gle/qSUsbP5rKnr943HNA
Please give details of any specific health problems, past or present
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In the interest of the child, it is important for parents / carers to advise of any disability that the applicant has, and of any medical condition or other circumstance which might require him/her/them to be given special assistance in Kindergarten or about which you think we should be aware. Please give specific details in a separate letterto accompany this application form (emailed to admissions@edinburghsteinerschool.org.uk).
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Please provide any other details you feel we should know about your child, including any additional support for learning that your child has received or is currently receiving.
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Are you happy for the School to use plasters?
Does your child have any birth marks/scars etc.
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Was there a ‘typical’ experience of pregnancy/birth/breast feeding?
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Other conditions/general health?—asthma, eczema, thumb sucking, nail biting, hearing, sight etc.
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Are there any allergies / intolerances?
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Please provide details about your child's developmental checks: hearing and eye checks/Health Visitor contact/vaccinations? (health visitor reviews take place at 9-12 months and 24-30 months)
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Regarding your child's language development, when? how was/is it? (typical development is around 18 months)
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When was your child's crawling/walking milestones? (typical is 9 months crawling; 1 year walking)
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Toilet training: is your child fully continent? Do they receive support with toilet training?
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Does your child have much exposure to screens? Are you aware of Edinburgh Steiner School’s approach to this?
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Please describe some of the rhythms at home: mealtime (your child’s diet, favourite food etc); bedtime routine; does your child sleep well? Are they dry at night?
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Does your child make friends easily? How do they play together?
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When is your child happiest? When are they least happy? What does your child do when they are upset, and how do you meet that?
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Does your child have much time outdoors?
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SECTION 6: APPLICATION
Please describe what out of school activities, hobbies, and interests your child enjoys
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Please state your reasons for choosing a Steiner Waldorf early years education for your child
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Are you considering Kindergarten #3 (age 4.5 - 6)?
Are you considering Class 1 at age six?
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SECTION 7: OTHER INFORMATION
How did you first hear about the school?
How did you first hear about Edinburgh Steiner School? Other
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Have you attended an Open Tour?
Did you attend a Meet the Head of School, Nick Brett?
Did you attend a Kindergarten Tour?
SECTION 8: CHECKLIST Please check and tick to confirm you have completed the following parts of the application form
Please tick to confirm you have emailed separately all the neccessary documents to admissions@edinburghsteinerschool.org.uk
SECTION 9: PRIORITY
Please tick any of the below that apply
SECTION 10: DECLARATION
I confirm that I have given full and accurate information on this application. I understand that in matters relating to admissions to the Edinburgh Steiner School, the decision of the School is final. I understand that my application may be refused at any stage of the admissions processand the school reserves the right to withdraw a place if relevant information is not disclosed in the application process. Signature of both parents / carers are required
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The General Data Protection Regulation 2018: Edinburgh Steiner School will retain and use the personal details supplied on this form, or in connection with the application strictly in accordance with the 'The General Data Protection Regulation 2018. This information will be used for the purposes of processing the application, record keeping and internal analysis for advertising or marketing purposes. We shall not use such information for any other purpose without first informing you and obtaining your consent to such new purpose.
Edinburgh Steiner School is a charitable company registered in Scotland (SC002109). Registered office: 6 St Colme Street, Edinburgh. Steiner School is a registered collective mark of Waldorf UK (formerly Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship)
Application Process: I have read the 'Application Process' on the School's website
Please also find a link to our parents handbook for your information: https://www.edinburghsteinerschool.org.uk/parents/publicationspolicies/
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Kindergarten (2-Year-Old) Application Form
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Thank you for your interest in gifting your child a Waldorf early years education in one of our five Kindergartens for children aged 2 - 6. Our families and teachers are diverse in their religious, political and social beliefs. What we all have in common is an education based on the principles of the internationally recognised Steiner Waldorf curriculum.
We are currently full. As we are part of an international Waldorf education movement, the cohort of Kindergarten groups are ever-evolving throughout the terms. When a space becomes available, we will first offer it to a child on the waitlist, who is highest up on the Waitlist Criteria.
- Accepting 2-Year-Old applications for August 2027 now. APPLY HERE...
The application fee for Kindergarten is £60 + VAT at 20%.
- Standard Scale of Fees (2025/26) - illustrative only for 2027/28. The Board of Trustees publish tuition fees annually.
Please note that whilst our Kindergarten tuition fees for children in Kindergarten One and Two are VAT-exempt, the application fee is for the paperwork/checking involved in taking on a pupil and therefore required to have VAT applied at the rate of 20%. This fee is non-refundable.
Scale of Fees (2-Year-Olds)
| Mornings | ||||
| 8.35am - 12.45am | 2025/26 | Per month | 2026/27 | Per month |
| 3 Mornings | £6,311 | £525.94 | £6,627 | £552.25 |
| 4 Mornings | £8,435 | £702.89 | £8,857 | £738.10 |
| 5 Mornings | £10,559 | £879.92 | £11,087 | £923.90 |
| Afternoons | ||||
| 12.45pm - 3pm | ||||
| 1 Afternoon | £787 | £65.55 | £827 | £68.90 |
| 2 Afternoons | £1,330 | £110.80 | £1,1397 | £116.40 |
| 3 Afternoons | £1,994 | £166.21 | £2,094 | £174.50 |
| 4 Afternoons | £2,659 | £221.61 | £2,792 | £232.65 |
| 5 Afternoons | £3,324 | £277.01 | £3,491 | £290.90 |
| 3pm - 5.30pm | Annual: | One adult: Five 2yo children ratio | ||
| After Kindy Club | £3,115 | £259.58 | £3,150 | £262.50 |
| Per Session | £17.50 | Block-booked termly for one to five days a week through School Shop |
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| Per Session | £19.25 | Emergency / Flexi session on School Shop before midday | ||
| Organic Lunches | ||||
| Yearly | £623 | |||
| Termly | £3.50/meal |
- Blackbird, Greenfinch, Acorn, Appleseed Kindergartens (2yo - 5yo) - cohort is up to 13 children with two adults, increasing to 16 children once the cohort is 3+
- Up to £10,000 of the fees, lunches and After Kindy Club can be met through a Tax-Free Childcare account, reducing the cost by 20%.
- Kindergartners journey on to Treetops Kindergarten aged five* at the beginning of the academic year, with their similarly aged peers. Treetops brings children from our four vertical-aged Kindergartens together, forming the following year's Class 1 cohort within a kindergarten environment. Class 1 begins at age six.
- *4.5 Year Olds: if an application for a further Kindergarten year is submitted to Edinburgh Council by the end of February. Deferred children may attend Treetops for two years, before joining the school.
- Prospective parents are welcome to attend a Kindergarten Tour before or after an application is submitted. You can enquire & book a tour. This can be booked here: Kindergarten Tour
- The application form must be accompanied by the birth certificate and report from the child’s current nursery (where appropriate).
- Kindergarten – Class 12 Waiting List: Priority Criteria
- Trial Period Policy (2026)
- Kindergarten Settling-in Policy (2026)
- Join one of our Baby / Toddler Groups: BOOK
- Offers Of A Place: How Does The School Decide?
- Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
- Visiting Students Programme (age 16+)
- FAQs
Additional application documentation to provide within ten days from the Offer Letter date:
- Medical & Consent Form Data (completed online)
Early Learning & Childcare 1,140 Hours
Kindergarten Waitlist
- Our five kindergartens are currently full for 2025/26 and 2026/27. As we are part of an international Waldorf education movement, the cohort of Kindergarten groups are ever-evolving throughout the terms. When a space becomes available, we will first offer it to a child on the waitlist, who is highest up on the Waitlist Criteria.
- To be added to the waiting list for enrolment, please submit an application.
- There are a limited number of funded places offered in our Kindergartens. Priority on the waiting list will be given to enrolled 2yo children and prospective pupils who meet one or more criteria.
- Accepting 2-Year-Old applications for August 2027 now.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
It has long been an ambition of the School that access to a Steiner education should not depend solely on the ability to pay fees. There are various avenues of financial support listed on this page.
1,140 HOURS PROGRAMME
Since 1991 Edinburgh Steiner School has been an Early Learning and Childcare Partner Provider for the City of Edinburgh Council. We offer the 1,140 Hours Programme – providing up to 30 hours a week of funded ELC during term time to all 3- and 4-year-olds and eligible 2-year-olds living in Scotland – in partnership with City of Edinburgh Council (CEC).
Families are entitled to benefit from the 1,140 Hours Programme, the Tax-Free Childcare Scheme and our Third Child Reduction Scheme in conjunction with each other (albeit the latter is only applied to the third set of fees).
- Edinburgh Steiner School is a Partner Provider of Scotland's 1,140 Hours ELC Programme, giving families access to a Waldorf early years education at no cost for up to 30 hours a week during term time, namely five days until 3pm during term time.
- This funded provision includes an organic fresh lunch and snack.
- All children living in Scotland become eligible for the ELC Programme the term after they turn 3
- A quarter of 2-year-olds are also eligible, under the Terrific Twos scheme.
- More than 1-in-3 4yo P1-eligible children in Edinburgh defer school. ESS actively support parents & carers wanting to Defer Entry to P1, offering a school provision where all children begin formal education at age 6. In academic year 2025/26, 35% of eligible 4yo were granted a further funded year in Kindergarten or nursery in the Capital (Read article)
- Children need to reside in Edinburgh and be applying for five days until 3pm if you would like fees to be met through the ELC programme. Those living outside CEC boundary are not eligible for funding at ESS.
- 2-Year-Olds already enrolled are given priority for these limited number of funded spaces within our Kindergarten.
BURSARY
Bursaries are available to help fund up to 60% of fees for qualifying families from Treetops Kindergarten to Class 12. 2yo are not eligible. They are provided on a year-by-year basis.
The Financial Bursary application processes for the academic year 2026/27 is open for the month of April.
Closing Date: Thursday, 30th April, 2026
- Financial Bursary Criteria (2026/27)
- Application Form: PDF / Word
No applications will be accepted after this date. ALL supporting documents MUST be submitted along with the application. Should you of course require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact our Bursar, Leslie Chari: bursar@edinburghsteinerschool.org.uk
The Board of Trustees reserve the right to vary the criteria for Bursaries each year.
FAMILY SUPPORT FUND
The intention of this fund is to provide financial support for families who may need it in times of hardship. Funding will be in the form of a one-off grant.
Criteria Summary:
- This fund is only available for families of children who have been with the School for one year or more.
- Funding applications will be means-tested based on the financial information of the family. This process will be liaised with the School Bursar and the Management team.
DONATING TO THE BURSARIES SCHEMES
To make a donation to the Bursary or Family Support Fund, please use the bank details below:
Caf Bank
Edinburgh Steiner School Trust
Sort Code: 40-52-40
Account number: 0009 0083
Financial Information
Payment
Fees for a full session are payable by direct debit in twelve monthly installments from August to July inclusive. In the event of any instalment not being met timorously, the School reserves the right to charge 10% interest per annum from the due date until payment as per the signed enrollment agreement. Please promptly contact the School Bursar if you have difficulty making payment.
Payment termly or annually in advance is also welcomed.
Charges and Outlays
Beyond the 'Kindy Kit' (outdoor gear, slippers, water bottle, weekly vegetable contribution to the 'Stone Soup'), there are no additional costs.
Notice Period
Following the trial period (see policy below), if you wish to withdraw a child from school you must give written notice to the School Bursar one full term before the last day your child attends School. If a child is withdrawn without appropriate notice the fees for that term are payable as per the terms and conditions of the signed enrolment agreement.
- Trial Period Policy (2026)
Tax-Free Childcare
As Edinburgh Steiner School is a registered childcare provider, fees for Seedlings, as well as Wraparound in Early Years and the School and Extra Curricular Clubs costs for children aged eleven and under, can be paid through a Tax-Free Childcare account. This UK Government scheme reduces the cost of childcare delivered by a registered provider by 20%.
To check your eligibility and set up the government account, visit: Tax-Free Childcare on the UK Government website.
Third Child Reduction
We offer a 25% discount on the fees of a third child and any subsequent children providing that all children are attending Edinburgh Steiner School simultaneously.
Fee Discount For Employees Of Anthroposophical Organisations
Employees of organisations with an anthroposophical ethos are eligible to receive 25% fee remission for all children enrolled in the School. Employees who work at least 50% of a full-time contract but less than 100% will be entitled to fee remission. Families in receipt of this discount will still be eligible for a school bursary if justified by their household income.
List of qualifying anthroposophical organisations
"More than ever nowadays, where things are changing, where the way we interact with the world has become so much more indirect because of new technologies, where we need to cope with a completely different sensory environment, this type of education is more important than ever."
Nobel Laureate (Neuroscience) & Waldorf graduate, Dr Thomas Sudhöf’s keynote speech, at Waldorf 100 celebrations in Silicon Valley.
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