St Paul's Waldorf School
St Paul's Waldorf School is an independent school in London for boys and girls aged 3 to 14. It has 214 pupils and room for 250.
1 St Paul's Road, Islington, London, N1 2QH020 7226 4454stpaulswaldorfschool.orgMs Anna Retsler principalAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Islington council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 214 | 206 | 206 | 196 | 180 | 188 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 26% | 19% | 16% | 20% | 37% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School | Catholic | 570 m | 204 | Outstanding 2023 | 86 | Compare |
| Newington Green Primary School | Council | 580 m | 478 | Outstanding 2024 | 91 | Compare |
| The Children's House School | Independent | 620 m | 133 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Samuel Rhodes MLD School | Council | 720 m | 130 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School | Independent | 740 m | 195 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| City of London Academy Highbury Grove | Academy | 770 m | 892 | Good 2022 | 54 | Compare |
| Canonbury Primary School | Council | 880 m | 441 | Good 2022 | 87 | Compare |
| Hackney New Primary School | Free school | 900 m | 344 | Not inspected | 86 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Paul's Waldorf School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St Paul's Waldorf School yet.
How many pupils does St Paul's Waldorf School have?
214 pupils aged 3 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 250 places, so it is 86% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 1 St Paul's Road, Islington, London, N1 2QH
- Telephone
- 020 7226 4454
- Website
- www.stpaulswaldorfschool.org
- Principal
- Ms Anna Retsler
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-14, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Islington
- Ward
- Canonbury
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2 October 1997
- URN
- 131362 · LAESTAB 2066379 · UKPRN 10018561
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.