Overview
- The Regierungspräsidium Freiburg, acting with the Baden-Württemberg education ministry, revoked the school's operating permit and ordered closure at the end of the school year after a review that found persistent deficiencies.
- Inspectors and the school supervisory authority said complaints filed since spring 2025 documented unreliable management, poor handling of final exams, breaches of supervisory duties, and violations of hygiene, fire and workplace safety rules.
- Regierungspräsident Carsten Gabbert said the operator, the Waldorfkindergarten- und Waldorfschulverein Dachsberg, failed to fix key problems and had lost the authority's trust to run the school properly.
- The Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft of Waldorf schools announced the school association will seek legal measures to avert immediate enforcement of the closure order, a step reported the morning after the revocation.
- Officials say pupils and staff will be helped to move to nearby public schools and note that private Ersatzschulen must meet strict statutory rules, but the legal appeal could delay the closure and its practical effects for families and employees.