Samford Valley Steiner School

Welcome to Samford Valley Steiner School, located on 20 acres of beautiful bushland in the picturesque Samford Valley, just a short drive from Brisbane, Australia. As an establishment and point of interest, our school offers an inspiring and comprehensive Steiner education for children from Pre-Prep through to Year 12.

At Samford Valley Steiner School, we hold a deep respect for the Traditional Custodians of the land and acknowledge the ongoing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to their land and culture. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.

Our inclusive and sustainable school community is filled with passionate individuals who are dedicated to learning, supporting one another, and working together. We provide a nurturing environment where children can flourish and explore their inner and outer potential.

Steiner/Waldorf education, with over 100 years of history, is the fastest growing education movement in the world, present in over 65 countries. It is an education for global citizenship, fostering courage, imagination, resilience, and enthusiasm in students to become positive contributors to society and the environment.

At Samford Valley Steiner School, we value mutually supportive relationships among students, staff, and families. Our dedicated staff members strive to be positive role models, upholding the philosophy, ethos, and child developmental principles inspired by Dr Rudolf Steiner. Steiner was a scientist, philosopher, architect, and social reformer who gifted the world a framework of spiritual science, helping us deeply understand the essence of being human. From his developmental picture, a whole school movement and curriculum were born, which are increasingly relevant in today's world as we urgently need change agents equipped with the skills, knowledge, and agency to ensure an ethical future.

With a spiritual view of the human being as body, soul, and spirit, we place the child at the center of everything we do, striving to develop their thinking, feeling, and willing faculties. While we are not affiliated with any religious denomination, we are also not a secular institution. Our approach is not rigid, but neither are we a free school where children choose their own learning path.

At Samford Valley Steiner School, we value truth, beauty, goodness, wonder, reverence, imagination, inspiration, intuition, experiential learning, respect for each other and the environment, and a commitment to celebrating together as a community through festivals and community events.

While there may be similarities between our school and other independent schools striving for excellence, we invite you to visit us and experience the unique difference that sets us apart. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our community of learners, where teachers, parents, and students work together to achieve individual, communal, and global growth and understanding.

Join us at Samford Valley Steiner School, where we provide an education that nourishes the child's developing imagination and encourages discernment and independent thinking.