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Luxembourg, Luxembourg · est. 1984 · Private
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The Waldorf School of Luxembourg has run since 1984: parents founded the association in 1982, the first kindergarten group opened in 1983 and classes 1 and 2 in 1984. Today it has about 430 pupils of 38 nationalities, one class per year group: kindergarten (Précoce and Spillschoul) from age 3, lower school (Unterstufe) and upper school (Oberstufe) up to class 11. It is a private, state-recognised school following Rudolf Steiner's Waldorf pedagogy: eurythmy, crafts, music, theatre and work placements alongside academic subjects, written reports instead of grades until class 11, and one class teacher for the first six years. The language of instruction changes by stage, and the school says so directly: Luxembourgish in kindergarten, German as the main language in primary with French and English introduced as foreign languages from class 1; in middle and upper classes French increasingly becomes the teaching language while German decreases; in the IB programme French is the main language. Since 2004 the school has run the two-year IB Diploma in French, the only route to an internationally recognised diploma within the school. Upper-school placements are compulsory: on a farm abroad (class 9), in a production company (class 10) and in a social institution (class 11), plus study trips to the Swiss Alps and Florence.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 653–6 218 a year
500.37–550.43 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Programmes
IB · DP · Own programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
German, French, Luxembourgish
Class size
20 children in kindergarten, 20-25 in pre-school groups, 20-30 in primary, an average of 25 in middle and upper school, about 25 in the Diploma classes
About the fees Fees for 2026-2027 are linked to the wage index (992,24 on 1 June 2026) and calculated per family. Minimum monthly family contribution up to class 6: one child 500,37 EUR, two 833,95 EUR, three 1042,45 EUR; from class 7 10% more: one child 550,43 EUR, two 917,36 EUR, three 1146,80 EUR. The school says parental contributions depend on income and it has a social fund for lower-income families. On top of this parents fund a class account for food, materials and trips: usually 200-450 EUR per quarter per child.
Admissions The school says it is open to all children regardless of religion, worldview or background, and answers "Ja" to families living in Germany, France or Belgium as long as the child can arrive on time in the morning. There are no specific admission criteria: the family fills in a form, if a place is free the class teacher invites them to an interview, in lower and upper school the child attends lessons for one or two weeks, and then the teachers decide. Admission depends on free places, age and the child's development; applications must be renewed every school year and there is no waiting list (except for kindergarten, where admissions start after the Easter holidays). Children with special needs are admitted when places allow, and a special-needs teacher works at the school. IB admission requires an entrance test (maths, English, French, German), a motivation letter, a CV and school reports; the school's own pupils first complete the preparatory class 11 Prä-IB, external candidates have an interview with the IB coordinator.
Stages and year groups Stages: kindergarten (Précoce from age 3 and Spillschoul), Unterstufe (primary, classes 1-6), Oberstufe (classes 7-11), then the two-year IB Diploma. How the IB fits into the Waldorf school: after class 10 pupils go through an orientation process and in class 11 split into two groups. The Prä-IB preparatory group prepares those aiming for university for the two-year IB; the others leave after class 11 with a final portfolio, go into vocational training or move to state lycées for the Luxembourg bac. The school states it received IBO authorisation in May 2004 and teaches the IB in French, except art and theatre in English. IB subjects: group 1 German and French, group 2 French and English, group 3 philosophy and history, group 4 biology and physics, group 5 mathematics, group 6 compulsory visual arts or theatre. The IB class has about 25 pupils; the school awarded its first IB diplomas in 2006.
Address 45, rue de l'Avenir, L-1147 Luxembourg
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school. It is a Waldorf school: after class 11, students heading for university take a preparatory Prä-IB year and a two-year IB Diploma taught in French.
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IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
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A programme written by the school or its operator, with no independent organisation behind it: the rules are written by the same people who teach to them. There is no outside register to check such a programme against.
What this means for this school. This does not mean the teaching is poor: it means the content can be judged only from the school's own account of it. What to look at here is something else - the accreditation of the school as a whole, and the outside exams its leavers sit.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Average IB score
30 (world average 30.88)
Exam results Class of 2025-2026: 94% of pupils moved from class 11 into the IB, 94% sat the exams, 94% obtained the IB diploma with an average of 30 out of 45. Class of 2024-2025: 94% obtained the diploma, average 32 out of 45. Class of 2023-2024: 100% obtained the diploma, average 31 out of 45.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Playground
Campus: Limpertsberg and a kindergarten group on the Kass-Haff farm
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: everyone who teaches holds a valid teaching qualification and has completed a Waldorf teacher or educator seminar
The school requires every teacher to hold a valid teaching qualification and a Waldorf seminar, and publishes staff qualification statistics by stage: upper-school and IB teachers include master's and doctoral degree holders. A special-needs teacher works at the school; in the lower school one class teacher leads the class for the first six years.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
House rules, a violence prevention concept (reviewed every two years), anti-bullying rules, a media concept and a disciplinary procedure were developed jointly by teachers, parents and the board. The after-school care team includes a child protection specialist.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data85 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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