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Meaningful Lives
Upcoming Events
GLENAEON RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL - Middle Cove Campus Tour Thu Aug 14 @ 9:30AM - 10:30AM [25 Days to go] |
GLENAEON RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL - Preschool Willoughby Campus Tour Mon Sep 01 @11:15AM - 12:15PM [43 Days to go] |
GLENAEON RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL - Castelcrag Campus Tour Thu Sep 11 @10:00AM - 10:45AM [53 Days to go] |
GLENAEON RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL - Preschool Willoughby Campus Tour Mon Sep 15 @11:15AM - 12:15PM [57 Days to go] |
GLENAEON RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL - Middle Cove Campus Tour Thu Sep 18 @ 9:30AM - 10:30AM [60 Days to go] |
GLENAEON RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL - Preschool Willoughby Campus Tour Mon Oct 06 @11:15AM - 12:15PM [78 Days to go] |
Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School, Australia’s first Steiner school, offers an academically challenging, emotionally fulfilling, and culturally enriching learning environment where teachers educate to the highest standard and support students on their journey to a successful future.
A proudly non-selective, co-educational school for students from Preschool through to Year 12, Glenaeon offers a holistic and student-centered approach to learning. Glenaeon’s curriculum and pedagogy is a rich, seamless blend of the local NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) requirements with the educational insights of Austrian-born philosopher, scientist, artist and educator Rudolf Steiner. It inspires creativity, independent thinking, and a deep appreciation for the natural world. The unique teaching framework builds a thinking that is independent, heartfelt and practical and sees the school consistently rank in the top 100 schools in NSW. Students are guided to become confident, well-rounded individuals who are able to think critically and engage with the world.
The unique bushland settings provides a stunning natural landscape from which students develop to full potential through an education that nurtures mind, body and spirit.
Our highly qualified and passionate educators are wholeheartedly committed to the success of their students. Glenaeon values a strong sense of community and offers a warm and supportive environment for parents and students alike.
Join us on this journey that inspires personal growth, cultivates academic excellence, and empowers students to make a positive impact on the world, and live truly meaningful lives.
The Glenaeon Journey
The Glenaeon Learning Journey is an integrated, holistic education, designed to provide a balance of intellectual, artistic, imaginative capacities and practical life skills, with a strong emphasis on teaching through the arts and experiential learning.
Our graduating high school class demonstrates the benefits of this approach, consistently placing in the top 10% of NSW high schools. A strong academic program, incorporating culture, the arts, service and wilderness environments, extends students in a balanced and rounded manner.
As well as performing so well academically, students who come through the school have all sung and performed on stage in their musical, have hiked and camped around Australia, played musical instruments, learned another language for years, and most importantly, been part of a strong learning community built on bonds, many of which will last a lifetime.
Cherishing Childhood
Their early years are equally blessed, with a creative education that cherishes the roots of childhood through play, imagination and a love of nature, established in our Playgroups, Preschool and Kindergarten.
Formal learning begins in primary school, where a rigorous education is delivered with creativity embedded in the learning process. Our teachers are story-tellers, artists and musicians who enrich the core subjects of literacy, numeracy and science by bringing learning alive with imaginative flair and passion. They accompany their classes through the primary years as a Class Teacher, and become valued partners with parents in raising each child, building character and igniting a curiosity for learning and the world.
Middle and Senior School – a balanced curriculum
Our Middle and Senior Schools run a range of sports, outdoor education, musical and theatre programs, building a balanced and creative preparation for life. Glenaeon’s ACARA-approved curriculum is centred on the healthy development of our students and is seamlessly blended with local Board of Studies (BOSTES) requirements
Glenaeon is located on three campuses near Chatswood on Sydney's lower north shore. The main campus at Middle Cove is located on three hectares of beautiful bushland grounds reaching down to Scotts Creek and Middle Harbour. Playgroups, Kindergarten and Classes 1 and 2 are situated on a quiet, tree-lined campus at Castlecrag with a beautiful playground, while our Playgroups and Preschool are in a home-based Federation house and garden in Willoughby.
DRAMA CLUB
DUKE OF ED
ART SPACE
HOMEWORK CLUB
DEBATING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
SPORT
MUSIC Co -CURRICULAR
To realise a contemporary understanding of the wisdom of Dr Rudolf Steiner which will prepare students to take their place as young men and women of distinction in Australian and world society.
Duke Of Edinburgh Award
This Award is offered at the beginning of Year 9 with students able to enrol at the Bronze level. Completion of the award gives students a great sense of achievement and they are able to progress to the silver and gold awards which are valuable additions to their resume. Glenaeon’s camps and activities support the students in the achievement of the Bronze award.
There is a council car park for Bales Park on Sydney Street, right next to the preschool. If you are attending with your child access the preschool through the garden gates. If you are attending for a tour, please come to the front door and ring the doorbell.
The Castlecrag campus is in a residential area of the suburb. There is street parking on Edinburgh Road, next to the campus and Edith Street, opposite the campus.
Glenroy Avenue is a narrow residential street and poses difficulties for parking and navigating at peak times. If you arrive during the day, street parking can be available on Glenroy Avenue and limited parking is available on campus. Otherwise, it is wise to park in Victoria Avenue and cross Eastern Valley Way, finding the path between houses near the bus stop on Eastern Valley Way that leads to Glenroy Avenue. The school gate is shut every day from 8:30am-9:15am and from 3:15pm-3:45pm. At other times limited parking is available on campus.
Glenaeon is serviced by a range of government bus services and by three school run shuttle services. These services operate morning and afternoon each day from:
For further information or questions please contact our Registrar at: enrolments@glenaeon.nsw.edu.au
A Scholarship at Glenaeon represents an opportunity of a lifetime. Students and families benefit from the opportunity to experience the unique qualities of a Glenaeon education, and the school benefits by attracting students of potential and character to be part of our community.
The number of Scholarships offered varies from year to year. A Scholarship provides tuition fee relief, either in part, or full, but does not include the Class Activity Fee, co-curricular fees or other curriculum related fees which are payable.
The awarding of a Scholarship will be based on:
The school assessment for Year 7 entry is held in May and June each year, with interviews and auditions being conducted throughout June. The results and award of the scholarships are be communicated to applicants in writing by the end of June.
Awarding of Scholarships is at the Head of School’s discretion. All details of applications and the award of scholarships are held in strictest confidence.
Scholarships offered:
For more information, please visit our website at https://www.glenaeon.nsw.edu.au/enrolments/scholarships or contact our Enrolments Registrar on enrolments@glenaeon.nsw.edu.au
There is now a sizeable diaspora of Glenaeon students spread across the country, and the world, who have in one way or another shared in the Glenaeon spirit.
Classes have regular reunions and there is a camaraderie that lives on between those who have been comrades-in-arms in Glenaeon classrooms.
The lives of our GlenXer’s make inspiring reading, and can be read online at http://glenaeoncommunity.com.au. So many of their stories demonstrate that our education has equipped them with a range of skills, attitudes and work practices which have translated into a diversity of successful careers.
Mia Westcott
Glenaeon K-12
Bachelor of Medicine, Newcastle University
Remote Medicine Placement, Solomon Islands
Paediatric Registrar, Newcastle Hospital
Zac Cohan
Glenaeon 1-12
International Studies, Macquarie University
Apple World Developers Award 2007
Co-founder: Picturesque, Soulver
Software designer
Lucy Minter
Glenaeon K-12
Trained as carpenter (Master Builders Association)
Law degree at UNSW
Organised building projects in disadvantaged areas of Brazil
It is a pleasure to invite you to explore our school.We are very proud of Glenaeon’s history, current practice and unique vision forthe future. Glenaeon was founded in 1957 by Sylvia Brose OAM, out of the community around Walter Burley Griffin and MarionMahony Griffin. Their enduring valuesof academic scholarship infused with design, the arts, community, nature and spirit were ahead of their time. From this foundation, Glenaeon pioneered innovative teaching and learning in Sydney, and we are pleased with the contribution our school has made to contemporary education.Today, as an educational community from Preschool to Year 12 with approximately 500 students, our schoolis able to foster a strong sense ofconnection whilst knowing each child ndividually as their journey unfolds.Glenaeon educates our students to a very high standard and gives them opportunities to find out who they are, in order to add something of value to the great human story.To all our students, we offer two of life’s most precious gifts, hope and wellbeing: hope, so they can contribute meaningfully to the world story, and wellbeing, so that they will be healthy, whole and skilled enough to do so.
Our task as a school is to provide students with a rich and nourishing environment that inspires them, in a challenging and connected world, to build the foundation for a meaningful life. I look forward to welcoming you to Glenaeon.
Diana Drummond
B.Ed. (Hons.), C.O.G.E.,
M.Ed. Leadership
Head of School
(as voted by site visitors)
Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School, Middle Cove NSW