The school benefits from a range of supportive partnerships with a range of organisations and groups:

The Sheiling Trust: the broader Sheiling Trust community provides our pupils with a wide range of integrated activities and experiences. Cultural performances, assemblies, open days, classroom activities and special events are shared with pupils of the Ringwood Waldorf School. Pupils access a shop, café and bakery at the Lantern Community. A highlight of school life is regular experiential visits to Sturts Farm.

Parents: we place a high value on parental involvement, hosting four annual Parents Days, including the Christmas and Summer fund raising events, where issues and developments are discussed with parents. A Parents Committee oversees annual fund raising events and ad hoc fund raising. Parental involvement is also a feature of the School Council and Advocacy Group which promotes ‘voice and choice advocacy’ at home and at school.

Kingston Maurward College: some of our senior students have attended courses at the agricultural college near Dorchester.

Bryanston School: hosts regular iintegrated sports and social activities with our pupils and their peers.

Avon Heath Country Park: offers work experience placements for some of our older students.

Association of Camphill Communities England and Wales: access, dialogue and cooperative developments with other Camphill Communities internationally and in the UK.

Crossfields Institute: provides support for developing tailored accredited courses in-house.

Turning Forward: a consultancy service which supports us in developing our pupil-centred approaches.

Aberdeen University: in partnership with Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools in Aberdeen offers the BA course in Curative Education (BACE).

Bournemouth University: we host 2nd and 3rd Year Social Work students who do 100 day practical placements at our school, enabling a mutual enhancement of knowledge and practice.

Dorset Police: we offer short placements to police recruits to enhance their community policing training.

Paragon: an NVQ provider in Bournemouth, provide care staff with recognised qualifications in Health and Social Care.

Zurich Challenge: volunteers from Zurich finance take on projects on our school estate to enhance pupils’ experience. Recent projects include work on a sensory path.