Graduates of Steiner schools enter tertiary studies through two different pathways.

The first and more traditional pathway is through the students sitting the state university accreditation exams - e.g. - HSC - NSW VCE in Victoria. Many Steiner graduates have successfully completed tertiary studies over the past 30 years.

The second and perhaps more recent pathway is a non examination course. Students complete the full 12 years Steiner curriculum the culmination of which is a Year 12 major project on a topic solely of the student's choice. Student's are assessed across this whole program. Arrangements have been entered into with Universities in different states for these students to gain entrance to university courses in this way. Students following this pathway have also been successful over the past 12 years.

University Results

A number of universities throughout Australia have accepted Mt Barker Waldorf School graduates on the basis of the internally assessed Year 12 curriculum. Here in South Australia, these include the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia, and Flinders University. About 40-50% of the Year 12 Class each year applies directly from our course to enter university. Since 1991, universities have admitted students from the school into a variety of courses including Arts, Commerce, Education, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Science and Speech Pathology.

Statistics supplied by the universities show that the performance of our students has been well above average - at Flinders University, of a total number of 306 subjects studied by these students to 1997, the grades achieved comprised 29 high distinctions, 111 distinctions, 105 credits, 55 passes and 6 fails.

Performance of Mt Barker Waldorf Students at Flinders University (1991- 1997)

Performance of students from Mt Barker Waldorf School at Adelaide University (Statistics compiled from 344 units undertaken by 23 students from 1991 - 2000)

Source: Bill Wood