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We run the Maria Montessori School for 2½ – 16 year-olds on 3 London sites (Bayswater, Notting Hill and Hampstead) & provide AMI Montessori teacher training & short courses in our London Montessori Training Centre and online. We run the Maria Montessori School for 2½ – 16 year olds across 4 London sites: Crouch End (N19), Notting Hill (W11), Bayswater (W2) and Hampstead (NW3) and provide world-rec

ognised AMI Montessori teacher training & short courses at our Central London Training Centre and online

15/06/2026

As we approach the end of the academic year, we wanted to wish our AMI 3-6 Diploma students the best of luck with their exams and share the beautiful materials that they've created as part of the AMI 3-6 Diploma course. The materials are either hand-made or sourced from charity shops for every area of the Children's House curriculum and later presented to the examiner. When creating or sourcing the materials, students must ensure that they are:

1) Beautiful: materials must be beautiful to look at, because Maria Montessori observed that 3-6 year old children are very concerned with beauty and order.
2) Functional: Whether sourced or hand-made, students (future teachers) need to ensure that the materials do, in fact, work properly, that jugs pour effectively for example.
3) Child size: all materials must be child-sized and easy to be handled and used by little hands.

Read more about our AMI 3-6 Diploma here > https://bit.ly/3QiZY9M

13/06/2026

Join us for our free, in-person Montessori Parent Talk at the Maria Montessori School - Bayswater, at 6pm on Thursday 25th June.

This talk will explain and demonstrate through the use of Montessori materials, how children journey from tactile explorations and definitions of volume using unit cubes, to classifying and transforming diverse solids into equivalent rectangular forms. This culminates in them discovering the 3:1 relationship between prisms and pyramids through hands-on experiments with sand or water; turning sensorial discovery into mathematical understanding.

Our Montessori Parent Talks are educational presentations and discussions with our teachers covering various topics related to Montessori education and child development.

There will also be time for Q&A and an opportunity to share your experiences with other families.

Read more and register here > https://bit.ly/4xioc4t

12/06/2026

Our Upper Elementary (9 to 12 years) children from both Bayswater and Hampstead recently went on their overnight trip to Cuffley, Hertfordshire. They learnt all sorts of outdoor survival skills - first aid in the wilderness, how to build shelter, cooking meals over an open fire, archery, camouflage activities and games, exploring an old World War 2 bomb crater, as well as enjoying beautiful hikes through the woods. There was a very harmonious and playful atmosphere and positive interactions between our children in both Hampstead and Bayswater.

The Upper Elementary children are offered the opportunity to participate in a variety of unique overnight outings over the course of the three-year Upper Elementary cycle. Some of the experiences offered have included the Bushcraft Company, Montessori Model United Nations, and PGL. These excursions provide the children with the chance to bond as a community in a different setting, to share wonderful memories with their peers and teachers, and to prepare for the extended trips that take place at the Adolescent (12 to 16 years) level.

Discover our Montessori Elementary programme (for 6 to 12 year olds) here > https://bit.ly/4v72MWr

11/06/2026

One of the main points that underpin the Montessori method is that as human beings, no matter how old or young we are, from babies and toddlers, to elders; and no matter our level of ability or disability, we are always striving for independence and feel hindered when others do things for us that we could be doing ourselves.

This innovative course honours that basic human need for independence and will guide professionals and families of those experiencing challenges due to dementia, disability and ageing, on how to create an environment in which individuals can do as much for themselves as possible with meaningful roles, routines and activities tailored to the individual.

Held online and in the evening, this course is ideal for family members, carers, nurses, support workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, volunteers and more.

🗓️23rd June - 9th July
📍Live Online
⏱️6pm - 8:30pm (UK time)

**Last few weeks to apply** read more and book your place here > https://bit.ly/4nlxqZo

28/05/2026

Join us for our tour at Maria Montessori School - Notting Hill for 2½ – 6 year olds. Find out what Montessori is all about and how it really supports, guides and enables children to develop fully into capable and confident individuals.

At the tour, you'll have the chance to hear about our Montessori programme at Children's House level, meet our teachers and walk around our classroom. There'll also be a Q&A at the end so you'll have the chance to ask any questions you may have or hear questions from other parents.

📆: Thursday 4th June, 4.30pm
📌: Maria Montessori School - Notting Hill, W11 1JG
📞: +44 (0)20 7435 3646

Find out more and register here > https://bit.ly/47eApw5

25/05/2026

Children in The Maria Montessori School recently took part in a 21 day chick hatching experience where they witnessed how the chicks went from eggs to tiny chicks and took it in turns to hold them and pet them when they arrived!

Montessori education is about lived, real experiences like these, where children learn about animals and chicks in particular, in a concrete hands-on way.

Discover the Maria Montessori School here > https://bit.ly/4uMiTZQ

23/05/2026

This free of charge programme will provide parents and professionals with practical parenting strategies and advice on the home environment.

The young child is capable of independent activity right from the start. To nurture and to encourage this allows for the fullest expression of their potential – a true aid to life.

Knowing the how and the why will help us as parents and carers to recognise and so cultivate this natural tendency for independence from the very beginning. This will give us the tools to foster a truly collaborative relationship with the child in our care. Knowledge of child development will be covered as it will illuminate important considerations when we perform the daily activities, such as dressing, eating, toileting and sleeping; important rituals that given time, will grant us simple ways to adopt Montessori principles in the home.

Read more and register here > https://bit.ly/492HbFW

20/05/2026

A very warm welcome to our new Head of School, Benedict Kestner, who will be leading the Maria Montessori School from September 2026.

Ben believes Montessori education has a vital role to play in preparing young people for an uncertain future, not only academically, but through independence, adaptability, creativity, empathy and purposeful work.

Read more about Ben and his career so far here > https://bit.ly/3PMiTJI

19/05/2026

Discover the the sought-after AMI 3-6 Montessori Diploma – the original course developed by Maria Montessori herself. With AMI training, you could teach anywhere in the world, set up your own school or use the approach with your own children.
Most importantly, there is huge value in studying with us in person at the Maria Montessori Institute in London.
More information here > https://bit.ly/4dPAXwl

19/05/2026

Early Bird Extension - **Save £2600 when you apply by 31st May 2026**
Our AMI 3-6 Diploma is our most sought-after course - it is an in-depth and truly inspirational course that will enable you to guide children to become the best version of themselves and in doing so, you will feel extremely rewarded yourself. So many of our students have said that as soon as they read about the Montessori method of education, they instantly resonated with it. Montessori is all about creating the right environment and conditions for children to thrive and as an educator, there is no greater feeling that to see this all coming alive and seeing the profound effect it has on children.

Read more and apply here > https://bit.ly/4dPAXwl

Address

26 Lyndhurst Gardens
London
NW35NW

Telephone

+442074353646

Website

http://mariamontessori.org/

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