Between 2008 and 2011 the school and site were redeveloped by John Renshaw Architects in a £6.5 million project using natural materials.

This redevelopment provided a new hall, renewable energy, and buildings upgraded to reduce the environmental footprint, while organising the development of the site in sympathy with the natural environment.

In December 2009 Steiner Academy Hereford was bottom of the primary school league tables for England derived from SATS scores at Key Stage 2.

In September 2012, the school was accused by the British Humanist Association of including pseudoscience in its curriculum.

Clarence Harvey, an acting principal of the Steiner Academy Hereford, responded:[5] 'It is not our aim to promote scientific orthodoxy, but rather to enable pupils to think and engage in independent verification of reality.'