Preferred Start Date (view 'Session Dates' on website)
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Initial Provision:
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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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 once aged six?
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/
The application fee for Kindergarten is £60 + VAT. 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.
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).
The minimum attendance from age 3-years-old is five mornings, during term time.
The limited number of ELC-funded places are offered on a model of five days until 3.15pm during term time. Offer Letters are provided up to six months ahead of enrolment. Places are first allocated to our enrolled Kindergarteners (who can begin from a pattern of three mornings a week). The few remaining spaces are allocated to applicants according to our Waiting List Criteria.
