Inspiring 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

• Parkour
• Basketball
• Soccer
• Fencing
• Archery

MUSIC Co -CURRICULAR

• Sinfonia/School Orchestra
• Big Band
• Concert Band
• Jazz Combo
• Chamber Choir

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.

Parking & Transport

PRESCHOOL

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.

CASTLECRAG

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. 

MIDDLE COVE

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. 

BUSES

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:

• The Northern Beaches
• Eastern Suburbs Maroubra
• Eastern Suburbs Vaucluse
• Inner West / Dulwich Hill
• Balmain/Lane Cove

For further information or questions please contact our Registrar at: enrolments@glenaeon.nsw.edu.au

Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School Scholarships

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 merit of a written application
• an academic school-developed assessment (Year 7 only)
• an interview.

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:

• Sylvia Brose All Rounder Scholarship (Foundation Scholarship) Year 7 Entry
  • A means-tested Scholarship to students who could otherwise not afford to attend the school

• Glenaeon Scholarship Year 7 entry
  • A general scholarship offered to a student with an excellent record of school achievement.

• Aaron MacMillan Music Scholarship Year 7 Entry
  • A scholarship awarded to an outstanding musician. Students need to have achieved good passes in AMEB or equivalent exams at the following levels:
  • Piano: Grade 6
  • Strings: Grade 5
  • Brass/Woodwind: Grade 3
  • Orchestral percussion: Two years prior tuition
  • The successful candidate will be selected on the basis of academic merit as demonstrated in Year 10 reports and a CV of interests and achievements

• Marion Mahony Griffin Scholarship Year 11 Entry
  • The successful candidate will be selected on the basis of academic merit as demonstrated in Year 10 reports and a CV of interests and achievements.

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

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

https://glenaeon.nsw.edu.au/enrolments/overseas-students/