Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley

This followed earlier concerns over child safeguarding resulting in a March 2017 instruction from the DfE to not admit new students.

[3] The headmistress, Margaret Cross, was interested in progressive ideas in education and in 1921 attended a course run by Dr. Rudolf Steiner, who visited the school himself in April 1922.

The main school block was built in stages between 1955 and 1975, the dining room and theatre added in 1969–71 and the sports hall in 1970.

During the day the children played games, did creative activities and went on short walks in the school grounds.

They started handwork where they learnt to knit, perform a play during the course of the year, and work outside in the gardening lesson.

More solid subjects such as Mathematics, English Literature, History, Geography, Religion and the Sciences were introduced in the middle school from class 3 to 8.

Handwork is part of the craft lessons, and teaches young students how to knit, crochet and varied forms of sowing.

Pottery is an art lesson where pupils can learn how to work with clay and design ceramic projects.

Woodwork and Metalwork are both lessons where pupils can develop their practical skills using hand and machine tools.

In November 2016 an Ofsted inspection asserted that: "They (pupils) say that they are safe – but they are not, because of flaws in the school’s systems and procedures for safeguarding and child protection."

In December 2016, Ofsted carried out another inspection and the report rated the school as inadequate against 4 criteria and requiring improvement against the remaining two.

In a letter of 9 March 2017, the Secretary of State for Education imposed a restriction: "to cease to admit any new student to the school".