Hi! No kids yet, but my mum wanted to send us to Waldorf when we were younger - I remember some stuff about it. The thing she was most impressed with was that kids were put up to the next grade when they were ready, not when the year changed. I don't really know anything about Spearwood Alternative, but if they have the same basic teaching methods and Spearwoods cheaper, I'd go with Spearwood!

HTH