Our Inspiring Campus

We enjoy an exceptional learning environment very different to any other school on the Costa del Sol.

Our campus was commissioned in 2018 to a firm of awardwinning British architects who were tasked with designing a sustainable building that would entwine the Montessori pedagogy with progressive educational concepts. With design inspiration taken from Scandinavia, the school house provides open flexible learning areas, teaching pods, breakout areas including mini kitchenettes, libraries, two science labs, PBL & STEAM workshops, art studio, music room, student’s learning kitchen and digital media hub.

It was also our wish for the building to have a seamless connection with the outdoors, enabling the students to enjoy and appreciate the natural environment. This has been achieved by the use of folding doors between the internal learning areas and the soft landscaped central courtyard and play areas. There is also a forest school, a wilderness area to encourage wildlife, a student’s garden, a plot for organic vegetable production and a poly-t unnel.

The natural landscaped grounds include a wooden activity play centre, a moveable-parts construction area, a yoga studio, amphitheatre, all purpose sports pitch and competition swimming pool.

There is no doubt that the mont21 school environment makes for a truly unforgettable educational journey.

Maria Montessori 1870 - 1952

Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator who devised the long established and world renowned Montessori pedagogy.

The first female doctor in Italy, she became interested in the development of children where she found they learnt best from using didactic materials and practical activities through freedom of choice (within limits) and the ability of free movement. Through these, children acquired high levels of concentration, self-discipline, motivation and a love of learning.

It was however, not only academics that Maria Montessori was concerned about but also the acquisition of independence, confidence, self-esteem and time management.

Since the first Montessori school, ‘Casa Dei Bambini’ opened in 1906, the popularity of this educational method continues to grow with now an estimated 20,000 schools around the world. Although the majority are for kindergarten aged children, there are several secondary schools with many of the leading progressive schools now embracing the fundamental Montessori principles.