The Steiner Academy Hereford is a Steiner-Waldorf Academy school in Much Dewchurch near Hereford, Herefordshire, UK. It opened in September 2008 and is the first publicly funded Steiner-Waldorf school in the UK.
In December 2009 it was bottom of the primary school league tables for England derived from SATS scores at Key Stage 2. Parents had opposed the testing and many children were absent for the dates.
In September 2012, the school was accused by the British Humanist Association of including pseuodscience in its curriculum.
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