← Back to homeEscuela Internacional Waldorf Valencia
El Puig de Santa Maria, Spain · Private
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Escuela Internacional Waldorf Valencia stands in El Puig de Santa María outside Valencia and teaches the whole cycle of compulsory education - from three to sixteen. Its authorisation comes from the Conselleria d'Educació of the Valencian Community, and its American recognition from NEASC, which, as the school writes, visits it regularly to assess educational quality standards. There are three stages: Infantil from three to five, Primaria from the first to the sixth year, and Secundaria from the first to the fourth, that is from twelve to sixteen. The pedagogy is Waldorf; the school also runs a Waldorf-Steiner teacher training strand of its own. What sets the school apart is its site: six thousand square metres holding, besides classrooms, a canteen and a sports court, extensive green areas, a vegetable garden and a swimming pool. The main thing a parent needs to know before adding up the costs: the school has no school transport at all, and its fees page says so outright. The school does not name the language of lessons directly; all its pages for families - on the stages, admission, fees and timetable - are written in Spanish, while the English version of the site is short and describes the school in general; hence Spanish as the language of instruction.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 897–6 530 a year
522–578 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Languages of instruction
Spanish
About the fees The 2026-2027 fee is charged in eleven monthly instalments from September to July: 522 EUR a month for Infantil (3-5), 528 EUR for Primaria (years 1-6) and 578 EUR for Secundaria (years 1-4). The annual registration fee of 400 EUR is paid in March or April as a guarantee of a place for the following year; the family fee of 900 EUR is a single initial deposit per family and is non-refundable. Classroom materials are charged separately and annually: 373 EUR in Infantil, which includes the mid-morning meal, 344 EUR in Primaria and 414 EUR in Secundaria, where the recorder and other special materials are not included. Discounts on both the registration fee and the instalments: 18 per cent for a second child and 30 for a third; they do not apply to materials. Lunch costs 9 EUR a day on a monthly contract or 10 EUR per menu on a single day; a mid-morning or afternoon snack 3 EUR. Afternoon care from 15:00 to 17:00 costs 70 EUR a month or 7 EUR for a single day. There is no school transport.
Admissions Admission goes in six steps: a form on the site; an information meeting or an open day - the family must attend one of them; if there is a place, the process continues, if not, the family goes on the waiting list; then the child spends a few days in the class and/or has an assessment with the pedagogical support team, and the family meets the future teacher; the admissions team decides whether the child can join the group; if the decision is positive, the family hands in the documents, pays the family deposit and the annual enrolment fee, and the place is confirmed. The school names no language requirements or rules for children from other countries.
Stages and year groups Grades Infantil ages 3-5, Primaria years 1-6, Secundaria years 1-4 (ages 12-16). The school teaches the whole compulsory cycle: Infantil from three to five, Primaria from the first to the sixth year (ages 6-11) and Secundaria from the first to the fourth (ages 12-16). Afternoon care runs from 15:00 to 17:00.
Address Camino Cebolla, 5, 46540 El Puig de Santa María, Valencia
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
NEASC · accreditationschool is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
NEASCNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
An American accreditation working since 1885. For international schools it uses an approach where the visitors look first at live lessons rather than at folders of paperwork: the team works in the school for about a week. It is the only one here whose public directory honestly separates accredited schools from candidates.
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Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
✓Swimming pool
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: Six thousand square metres divided between classrooms, a canteen, a sports court and outdoor areas with extensive green space, a vegetable garden and a swimming pool. The school stands in contact with nature and with the earth, and treats that contact as part of learning. The school has no school transport.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The school publishes its staff by name: two nursery teachers for children aged 3-5, class teachers for grades 1 to 6 of primary and grades 7 to 10 (that is ESO years 1-4), a pedagogical coordinator, a guidance and pedagogical support department, specialist teachers for primary and secondary and an assistant in the nursery and the canteen. In primary school a class keeps the same teacher throughout the stage. The teachers, in the school's words, are in continuous Waldorf training and review their work weekly at joint meetings.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)60 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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