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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

07/09/2026

A very warm welcome to the Maria Montessori School for year 2026-2027! Whether you are returning after what we hope was a great Summer break or new to our school and settling in over the next few weeks, we are so happy to see you and very much looking forward to the year ahead!

If you would like to find out more about our school, visit https://bit.ly/4uMiTZQ or call us on +44 (0)20 7435 3646.

02/09/2026

*Last chance to apply for our AMI 3-6 Orientation starting on 14th September*

The classic introduction to Montessori for 3 to 6 year olds. Discover the needs and characteristics of children at this stage of development including concepts such as the importance of order and freedom and limits as well as the development of movement and its significance, the development of language and independence, social development and self-regulation. You will explore how an adult can best support optimal development in any environment and as needed, to identify and remove obstacles to optimal development.

This course is for parents, those wanting to train as Montessori Assistants (as the course covers how to work with the Montessori teacher in the Children’s House) or anyone else interested in child development or Montessori education.

Students on this course will receive an AMI 3-6 Orientation Certificate upon passing and providing they have had a minimum of 90% attendance on the course.

**Our School parents get 20% off all Orientations**

Read more and apply here > https://bit.ly/3DSayy9

01/09/2026

Last week to register for our Montessori in the Home in person, London course which will be taking place on 4 evenings in September from 7 - 8.30pm.

Participants on the programme will:

Discover the amazing potential present in all children
Prepare and enhance your role as a parent
Learn simple ways to adopt Montessori principles at home
Understand how the practical wisdom of the Montessori approach can encourage children’s independence and love of learning
Share and explore real-life dilemmas and experiences
Be able to ask the trainer questions about family and home

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

31/08/2026

Today was Maria Montessori's birthday, and so, we spare a thought and immense gratitude to the lady who did so much to create a peaceful world and progress in humanity, both during and outside of her life.

We are committed to continuing her legacy guiding children to their true and full potential and training anyone who has an interest or feels touched in any way by her teachings and wisdom.

Maria Montessori
31st August 1870 - 6th May 1952

27/08/2026

We start off with a quota of realism and end with strong words of encouragement!
Final 2 weeks to apply for our AMI 3-6 Diploma for a September 2026 start - you can do it!!!

Go on, you know what to do...✍️
Read more and apply here > https://bit.ly/3QiZY9M

25/08/2026

***Our School parents (Maria Montessori School, London) get 20% off on all our Orientations***

The classic introduction to Montessori, the AMI Orientation (formerly Assistants Certificate) is studied part time and online. AMI Orientations are in-depth Montessori introductory courses.

You will gain an overview of the developmental characteristics and needs of children aged 6-12 years and learn about:

-Montessori theory, child psychology and child development
-How to observe and support each child at this developmental stage
-Use of Montessori resources and preparation of learning environments
-How to work with the Montessori teacher

Students will get an AMI Certificate upon passing the course and provided they have have at least a 90% attendance rate. AMI is the gold standard in Montessori and opens many doors worldwide. Students in possesion on an AMI Orientation Certificate will be able to work as Classroom Assistants or apply the knowledge obtained on this course to their own parenting.

Read more and apply here > https://bit.ly/3ENqt12
Course starts on 14th September.

21/08/2026

These are photos of our Upper Elementary aged children (9-12 years) at both our Bayswater and Hampstead school sites, learning about the human heart. As always with authentic Montessori education, the teaching and learning of this topic, was done through practical and tangible as well as intellectual ways:

- Reading a biology book and specifically the section on the human heart
- Drawing the human heart diagram by looking at it in the book
- Creating a human heart model with different materials including gauze
- Looking at a human body model, taking it's different organs out and examining how each part fits into the body and where they are all placed
- and finally, our Bayswater Elementary Teacher, Pablo, got the children to do star jumps outside to get their hearts pumping and to feel their heart beats and the effect that exercise has on our heart.

Learning in a cross-disciplinary way (in this case: biology, art, PE) is essential in Montessori education and helps children consolidate abstract concepts in a concrete way.

Read about our Montessori Elementary programme here > https://bit.ly/4v72MWr

20/08/2026

One of the biggest challenges facing parents today is supporting their children’s emotional resilience. This course is especially designed for parents of children aged under six and will include both theory and practical strategies to support children’s well-being, resilience and behavioural responses.

The obstacles to children’s development are rapidly changing all the time, and this course will enable parents to use Montessori approaches to support their children as well as findings from the latest research in this area.

This course will be delivered via 4 Online sessions held live online from 10am - 12pm UK time on the following Wednesdays: 30th September, 7th, 14th and 21st October.

Find out more and book your place here > https://bit.ly/4zm7273

06/08/2026

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.

This course will be held IN PERSON at our Montessori Training Centre in London, over 4 evenings in September 2026.

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

04/08/2026

We hope you'll be able to grasp, through these student testimonials, the true value of becoming a Montessori Teacher for 3 to 6 year olds by studying our AMI 3-6 Diploma. As many of our students say, the course gives you a whole new understanding of the child, how to observe children correctly, how not to interfere, how to guide them to become better and more fulfilled children and eventually better adults that will contribute to making the world a better place. Teachers hold so much power and it is incredibly rewarding to see the child develop fully when given the right conditions to do so.

And, as our students also say, the course isn't just about understanding and guiding children better but also about understanding ourselves and our own childhoods, life journey and development.

Our Training Centre is located in the heart of central London but tucked away on a quiet street which makes it an ideal place to study and as well as to enjoy London. If you live in London or the UK, we'd highly recommend booking a visit so that you can get a feel of what it will be like to study with us, walk around our training centre, see our practice and lecture rooms and meet our trainers. Alternatively, or if you live abroad, we'd recommend booking a call with our course advisors who will be able to talk to you further about our Diploma.

✉️[email protected]
📞+44 (0)20 7435 3646

Read more about our AMI 3-6 Diploma here > https://bit.ly/4f4lfxl

Address

26 Lyndhurst Gardens
London
NW35NW

Telephone

+442074353646

Website

http://mariamontessori.org/

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