The Waldorf School of Philadelphia is an energetic and diverse urban school. Our total student body is a little under 200 and our small class size allows for a deeper understanding by class teachers of the needs of each student.

We offer an interdisciplinary approach to education, meaning that all areas of study are approached in an integrated manner, so that what is being studied in main lesson work is synchronized with related and relevant instruction in music, art and movement. In this way, music, art, drama and eurythmy are as integral to the curriculum as math, science and language arts, as each given subject is approached from a multitude of vantage points that draw upon different ways of learning. In fact, studies have shown that when used as a means of synergistic learning, art is an intensifier that makes academics more powerfully internalized. This approach encourages curiosity, creativity and critical thinking skills.

Waldorf education is the fastest growing educational movements worldwide. It is based on the educational philosophy of Austrian philosopher Rudolph Steiner, who founded the first Waldorf school in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany for children of the employees of the Waldorf Astoria cigarette factory. Today there are well over 900 independent Waldorf schools and 1,600 Waldorf early childhood programs on five continents around the world.

The Waldorf School of Philadelphia is an independent, nonprofit school accredited by the Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools, and is a member of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.