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Waldorf-Steiner El Til-ler School

Spain, Barcelona

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The school at a glance
Instructs in English, Catalan
Fees Fees not listed
Ages 3 - 18 years
Pupil numbers 280
Type Co-educational
Bus Service Yes
Academic offering
Curriculum Waldorf Steiner Curriculum
Typical class size 24
Strengths Sport, Visual and Creative Arts, Outdoor Education
Clubs Arts and Creative, Cultural and Language, Lifestyle and Wellbeing
Stages Early Years, Primary School, Secondary School
Introduction

El Til·ler Waldorf-Steiner School is an accredited school in Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain, serving children from age 3 to 18. The curriculum is based on Waldorf pedagogy across Infantil, Primària, Secundària and Batxillerat, with Primària combining cognitive, artistic and practical activities led by a tutor, and Secundària offering four years of study with two final years of bachillerat, spanning scientific, humanistic, technological and artistic subjects. The school emphasizes experiential learning through music, eurhythmics, visual arts, handcrafts and storytelling, and organizes regular field trips and farm stays to connect students with the local environment. Facilities include natural materials and spaces designed to support individual development, and the school operates its own kitchen serving organic food. Learning occurs through a living educational community, with continuous mentorship and collaboration among families, teachers and students, rooted in Rudolf Steiner's educational principles since the school's founding in 1999 as a playgroup and later cooperative and continues.

Carrer d'Apel·les Mestres, 11, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

The Essentials

Waldorf-Steiner El Til-ler School has 280 pupils, typical class sizes of 24, instruction in English, Catalan.

Location
The Til·ler Escola Waldorf-Steiner is located at Carrer Apel·les Mestres, 11, Bellaterra, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. It sits in the Bellaterra area near the Barcelona metropolitan region. Phone: 93 592 97 95.

Stages
Infantil (early childhood/kindergarten), Primària (Primary), Secundària (Secondary), Batxillerat (Upper Secondary/Baccalaureate).

Type
Private Waldorf-Steiner school.

Additional learning support
Individualized student support provided by teachers and staff (infantil groups of 15–20).

Country affiliation
Spain (Catalonia).
Diving Deeper

Food Options
The school has its own kitchen and organic food.

Governance and Ownership
The school is a single-stream, accredited school.
Fees
Application fees

- No publicly available, itemised application or registration fee amounts are published for the current academic year on the school's public pages.

Tuition fees by year group (per term / per year)

- The school does not publish specific tuition figures by year group or per term for the current academic year in its publicly accessible pages. No itemised annual or per-term tuition schedule is available online.

Billing schedule and payment terms

- There is no publicly available statement of a billing schedule (annual, termly, monthly) or formal payment terms on the school's published pages for the current academic year.

Boarding fees (if applicable)

- The school operates as a day school; there is no boarding provision described in the school's publicly available information, and no boarding fees are published.

Other costs or fees (uniform, meals, materials, activities, transport, etc.)

- The school states that it has its own kitchen and provides organic meals, indicating a school meal service exists; however, no published prices for meals or canteen services are available on the school's public pages.
- No published, itemised fees for uniforms, materials, extracurricular activities, school trips, or transport are available on the school's public pages for the current academic year.

Refund information

- No publicly available refund or cancellation policy for application, registration, tuition, meals or other fees is published on the school's public pages for the current academic year.

Fee payment options (credit card, bank transfer, direct debit, etc.)

- The school's public pages do not provide a published list of accepted payment methods or the mechanics for fee payment (credit card, bank transfer, direct debit, instalments).

Administrative and legal status (relevant to fees and funding)

- The centre is described publicly as a cooperative school managed by teachers and families. Some external education registries and directories classify the centre as a private school; at least one official education listing identifies the centre in the public/concertada registries. These mixed listings are relevant because they affect funding and the structure of parental fees, but no fee schedule is published.

Summary of public information (brief):

- The school presents itself as a cooperative Waldorf-Steiner school and confirms meal provision and standard day-school hours, but it does not publish any specific fee amounts, billing schedules, payment methods, boarding fees, uniform costs, or refund policies for the current academic year on its publicly accessible pages.
Academics

Waldorf-Steiner El Til-ler School teaches Waldorf Steiner Curriculum for students aged 3 to 18.

Curriculum
The school has Primària (primary) and Secundària (secondary) programs based on Waldorf pedagogy. The Primària program recognizes that children's impulse at this stage is to explore the world, and learning is approached through artistic activity across all areas. The teacher guides activities to help shape personal expressions, including music, flute, storytelling, poetry, drawing, and handcrafts. The school, together with other Waldorf schools in Catalonia and Spain, travels to Empúries to experience the spirit of the physical and inner work of the ancient Greek world. Secundària is a four-year holistic program comprising two final years of secondary and two years of bachillerat, with learning across scientific, humanistic, technological, and artistic subjects; in ninth grade the shift from myth to logos begins to be apparent.
Wellbeing

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
The Waldorf-Steiner El Til·ler pedagogy is based on deep knowledge of the human being from physical, emotional-cognitive (anímic) and biographical (spiritual) perspectives. The school respects each individual in their development, supports the collaborative work of the teaching staff, and maintains ongoing collaboration between families and the school. The curriculum emphasizes learning through art, experiential activities, and hands-on work, which nurtures emotional and social development. The tutor guides the class through the primary years to ensure coherent academic and emotional development. The school provides individualized accompaniment to support each student's growth. The movement is connected to UNESCO through its Associated Schools network, promoting democratic ideals, values education, multicultural work, and solidarity among schools.

Mental Wellbeing
Mental wellbeing is addressed through Waldorf pedagogy that treats the student holistically, incorporating emotional development alongside physical and cognitive growth. Students receive individualized accompaniment from teachers to nurture wellbeing across all stages. A tutor accompanies the class in primary years to provide coherent academic and emotional support. As emotions intensify during adolescence, artistic work and structured learning help students understand and transform their inner world while developing resilience. The school emphasizes collaboration between family and school to create a supportive emotional environment throughout all stages. The UNESCO-associated Waldorf network reinforces values of democracy, inclusion, and social responsibility as part of students' wellbeing.

Safeguarding
The school operates as a cooperative of families and teachers and is authorized by the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Access is open to all children, regardless of cultural or social origin, with families committing to the educational process and respecting each child's way of thinking and feeling. A strong emphasis is placed on ongoing collaboration between families and the school to safeguard each student's development. The school's affiliation with UNESCO Associated Schools further supports democratic values, multicultural understanding, and solidarity among schools.
Parent Experience

History
The initiative began in 1999 as a playgroup, based on Rudolf Steiner's theoretical-practical teachings. In 2008 it became a cooperative, the same year it was authorized by the Department of Education. Our pedagogy is based on a living educational community, rooted in the commitment to actively participate in the education of the students. This gesture of trust is essential to build a bridge between home and school, and to ensure appropriate support for the needs of each educational stage. Since the 2020-21 academic year the school has completed its full educational program: Children's, Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate.

Community
The Til·ler is a cooperative school run by teachers and families that aims to offer children and young people an education based on respect for each individual's development. It is located in the natural surroundings of Bellaterra and offers Children's, Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate stages. The school runs its own kitchen and serves organic food. It hosts Open Doors events for prospective families, such as Portes Obertes, with dates such as February 21, 2026.
Facilities

Facilities Overview
The Til·ler is an accredited Waldorf-Steiner school located in the natural surroundings of Bellaterra. It offers Infantil, Primària, Secundària and Batxillerat. The curriculum is structured to meet the developmental needs of each age, and the teacher's task is to keep alive the enthusiasm for learning throughout schooling. The school uses natural materials and the surrounding environment as integral parts of learning, and it has its own kitchen that serves organic food. The spaces are designed to help students develop their talents and individuality.

Academic Facilities
The Waldorf pedagogy underpins the curriculum at all levels. In Primària, learning is integrated across cognitive, artistic and practical activities with a tutor accompanying the group. In Secundària, the curriculum combines scientific, humanistic and artistic studies and includes creative activities and field trips, with individualized accompaniment. Two tutors supervise students from 3rd ESO to 2nd Bachillerat to support development and personal growth. Art education supports the inner life through music, eurhythmics and visual arts. Batxillerat offers scientific, humanities and artistic tracks and prepares students for university entry and PAU, with an optional 13th course to prepare PAU if needed.

Extra Curricular Facilities
In Infantil, the learning environment is family-like, with groups of 15–20, a natural and healthy setting, and weekly forest excursions, garden care and sensory exploration. Learning activities include storytelling, puppetry, bread making, circle games, and crafts with natural materials to foster imagination, movement, rhythm and initiative. In Primària, students engage with real experiences in the local environment, such as third graders plowing, planting and harvesting wheat, reinforcing nature awareness. In Secundària, field trips, pedagogical stays and exchanges are part of the program, including a first contact with the workplace through a farm stay. In Batxillerat, theatre projects are undertaken as a collective and personal challenge, and a final multidisciplinary project (Treball Anual) is produced with mentorship. The school also offers social internships at care facilities and a PAU preparation track if needed, along with ongoing engagement in music, eurhythmics and visual arts as part of the adolescence experience.
Extra-Curricular Activities

Academic & Intellectual
Primary education requires vibrant and deep learning processes. When a concept is experienced through cognitive, artistic, and practical activities, the student integrates the content in a holistic way and develops lifelong skills. This approach emphasizes a balanced acquisition of knowledge that integrates theory with practice to support ongoing development.

Arts & Creative
Beauty and artistic sense are valued allies in the learning process. The presentation of contents seeks beauty to help the student connect with even complex material. The primary program integrates artistic approaches, including plastic arts and crafts, music and orchestra, and eurhythm. The arts are used to access and transform knowledge rather than to stand alone as separate subjects.

Cultural & Language
Foreign languages are taught weekly throughout the primary years. The program also includes artistic and cultural activities such as plastic arts and form, music and orchestra, and physical education, along with eurhythm. Horticulture is present as part of the educational experience, relating to health, nutrition, the origin of foods, and self-care.

Social & Hobbies
The tutor accompanies the class across all Primary years (up to 2nd ESO), fostering trust and a deep knowledge of the students and their family environment. The bond and trust with the tutor are essential to learning. The approach balances imaginative and mnemonic activities, and the interplay between theory and practice supports student wellbeing. Through pedagogical activities, the aim is to awaken appreciation for what is done.

Leadership & Professional
The teaching structure includes a tutor who accompanies the group throughout the Primary years, ensuring continuity and guidance for students' development. This continuous mentorship supports student leadership within the learning journey and strengthens the classroom community. The school emphasizes collaboration between teachers, families, and students to foster responsible and engaged learners.

Lifestyle & Wellbeing
The school has its own kitchen and serves organic food. Horticulture is part of the curriculum and reinforces health, nutrition, and the origins of food. Physical education is included in the weekly program, contributing to overall wellbeing.
Languages

Language Provision
Early childhood, Primary, Secondary, and Baccalaureate are offered. The educational project is based on Waldorf pedagogy, with a curriculum structured to the developmental needs of each age to help students discover and develop their abilities. The teacher's task is to maintain enthusiasm for learning throughout schooling; values include balance between cognitive and creative and practical activities; experiential learning; individualized support; use of natural materials and environment; and an on-site kitchen serving organic food. Translations into Spanish (ES) and English (EN) are coming soon.
Reputation

Awards
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Accreditations
The Til·ler Waldorf-Steiner School is accredited (homologada) as a single-stream school. The school teaches and operates under Waldorf pedagogy. The address is C. Apel·les Mestres, 11, Bellaterra, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain. The school offers infant, primary, secondary, and baccalaureate programs. [Source: El Til·ler – Inici; addresses and accreditation/pedagogy details]
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