Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited, Stourbridge

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils of all ages are able to talk about their learning and draw on what they already know, often in impressive depth."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff know their pupils very well."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a well-sequenced curriculum that balances the distinctiveness of the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum with ensuring that pupils acquire the qualifications they need for future success."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in Kindergarten make a positive start to school."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders place a strong emphasis on inclusion and ensure that all pupils are known well as individuals."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The proprietor and leaders have a clear vision for the school and its pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development programme is embedded across all aspects of school life."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff check more effectively how much pupils have understood and learned 'in the moment' during lessons"; "Leaders should ensure that all staff are confident about how to best support pupils' learning at different stages of the lesson"; "Leaders should build on their emerging analysis of the attendance of different groups of pupils to identify which groups may need more precise strategies to improve their attendance"; "Leaders should ensure that the PSHE curriculum is delivered in a way that helps pupils to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of key topics".

In its own words: "Elmfield School in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, UK is an experiential independent school for pupils from age 3 to 17. We follow the internationally established Steiner Waldorf curriculum, which responds to the changing needs of the developing child, continually nourishing their social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth. Pupils sit national curriculum GCSEs in their last two years at Elmfield."

The school runs after-school care.

The Department for Education's GCSE measures do not count IGCSEs, which many independent schools take instead of GCSEs, so the Attainment 8 and English and maths figures it publishes for Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited can understate its results. We do not rank or compare them; ask the school for its own GCSE and IGCSE results.

The nearest other independent schools to Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited are Impact Independent School (3.9 miles, Good); and Heathfield Knoll School (4.8 miles).

In 2026, 35 pupils (20.1%) received SEN support and 35 (20.1%) had an education, health and care plan.

The nearest railway station is Stourbridge Junction Rail Station, about 900 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Swinford Road (opposite), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.