Spain, Mallorca
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The Montessori School of Mallorca sits on a generous, nature-centered campus built around a historic 400-year-old windmill. The grounds include spacious patios and gardens with open views of the Tramuntana mountains, and a vegetable garden that supports biodiversity. Classrooms are spacious, light-filled, and designed as prepared environments to promote independence and focused discovery. The Casa spaces extend outdoors into gardens and play areas, while Primary and Secondary areas incorporate outdoor learning spaces and natural settings. The campus design emphasizes movement, nature, and daily opportunities for exploration.
Casa classrooms are spacious, child-sized, and arranged in mixed-age groups to foster independence. Casa emphasizes hands-on materials and practical life activities that build concentration and freedom within guided learning. Primary classrooms promote independence and collaboration, with learning extending outdoors into gardens and open spaces. English is the main language of learning, with regular lessons in Spanish, Catalan, and German. Secondary blends a British curriculum with Montessori values, small classes taught by subject specialists, and dual qualifications (IGCSE and ESO), supported by wellbeing and safeguarding through the W.I.S.E. Centre.
Montessori Model United Nations (MMUN) runs from Upper Primary to Secondary, with students debating real-world issues and presenting at international conferences in Rome or New York. Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives explores human rights, sustainability, and global challenges. Debate Club sharpens communication and respectful dialogue. Cultural excursions and international trips extend learning to London, Madrid, Rome, New York, or China. Everyday life on campus is multilingual and multicultural, with English as the main language of learning and regular lessons in Spanish, Catalan, and German.
The Montessori School of Mallorca blends Montessori pedagogy with a British curriculum to offer a continuous journey from Casa (ages 3–5) to Secondary (11–16). It combines Montessori methods with the English National Curriculum, culminating in Cambridge IGCSE and Pearson Edexcel IGCSE qualifications alongside a Spanish ESO pathway. English is the main language of learning within a multilingual community, with Montessori Model United Nations (MMUN) conferences in Rome and New York. Primary is homework-free and delivers academics, languages, arts, and physical education, supported by Montessori staff and specialists in music, languages, and sport. In Secondary, classes are small and British in approach, with a dual qualification pathway (IGCSE and ESO) and Global Perspectives, MMUN. W.I.S.E. Centre provides wellbeing, inclusion, and safeguarding. The campus revolves around a 400-year-old windmill, with outdoor spaces, gardens, and nature-focused learning. Languages include Spanish, Catalan, and German, with trips to London, Madrid, Rome, New York, and China.