In a letter to Education Secretary Damian Hinds reporting the findings of the latest round of inspections, Amanda Spielman said the overall performance of Steiner schools "remains poor" with areas of weakness that need to be addressed.
Steiner schools have a broad curriculum that emphasises emotional, physical and spiritual learning alongside academic, and is structured around the different phases of child development. Some are independent and run as free schools, while others are academies and maintained by councils.
Of 26 Steiner schools inspected by Ofsted at the request of the Department of Education, 13 were judged "inadequate", seven "requires improvement" and six "good".
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