Just though I'd add, my DH went to a Steiner school for the whole of his school career and he LOVED it. He talks about his school days with great fondness. He didn't learn to read until he was 12, he was way too busy playing in the dirt. We have his school books from his early years there and they are absolutely beautiful, full of the most amazing and colorful drawings (but there are little dirty finger marks everywhere ). And he knows all his myths and legends. He did very well in his HSC and got the marks he need to get into is chosen course at uni.

When people meet my DH and get to know him, they are often very surprised if/when they find out that he went to a Steiner school. He is the most unSteinerish person you will ever meet. His older sister and younger brother both went there too but didn't have as good an experience as my DH. DH's younger brother definitely needed a school with more structure and discipline and ended up doing his HSC again at TAFE after he finished school. I do think sometimes different kids in the same family need different schools to suit their individual personally types and requirements (my sister and I went to different high schools).