WOB = World Open Brain

The Waldorf High School, Bolzano (WOB) is a international general education high school with an arts, crafts and social focus based on an extended Waldorf education. The basic subject canon corresponds to that of an art grammar school specializing in the performing and visual arts.

We are a private school in a trilingual region. In our teaching approach, we take into consideration the pioneering educators like Rudolf Steiner, Maria Montessori, Johann H. Pestalozzi and Jesper Juul as we are part of the worldwide Waldorf movement with over 1100 schools and colleges.

The WOB covers the upper level from 9th till 13th grade.

With us, the students is the centre of attention.

After 20 years of preparatory work for international accreditation, this work led to the establishment of ICAPE, an international council for alternative and progressive education, in which WOB plays a leading role, and the development of three new school qualifications that have been recognised by the UK Awards and Skills and Education Group (SEG) awarding bodies. These new ICAPE qualifications have been approved since 2024 and are listed on the SEG’s official register. WOB, through ICAPE, is authorised to offer these qualifications, including school qualifications that relate to UK and European level 3 frameworks, which are comparable in level to the Italian Maturità and IB and are at a level suitable for entry to higher education. Recognition of qualifications is supported by the fact that SEG is authorised as an awarding body by the official UK regulatory bodies.