MADAM – Adrian Lawton (SNJ letters April 9) asks why the problem with the proposed Steiner school in Stroud.
He states that if approved it will be state funded and hence a state school.
Not at all, the school would in reality be governed by the Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship in the UK, which is in turn ultimately controlled by its German parent.
Any school wishing to use the Steiner Waldorf brand must comply with its rules.
He also seems quite happy to say that if it is not successful it will simply fail.
Having been unnecessary in the first place, wasting millions in the process and forcing the closure of several other needed schools, Mr Lawton’s Steiner education seems not to have taught concern for the wider community.
As an aside I note the recently announced closure of the Aberdeen Steiner school following investigations into poor care and educational failings.
Jim Watson
Selsley
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