Kent & Sussex
Montessori Centre
Kent & Sussex Montessori Centre
Hoath Hall, Chiddingstone Hoath, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7DD, U.K.
welcomes and has trained male as well as female students for nursery education, and is able to make special arrangements for those with dyslexia, physical handicaps or other forms of special educational needs.
The Kent & Sussex Montessori Centre has been operating as an independent organisation since 1990. The principal, Marianne Clarkson, has been involved in Montessori training for over eighteen years and has had extensive experience in state schools, special schools and in teacher training. Courses are all taught by Montessori trained graduates with personal teaching experience. The Centre has an outstanding record of passes and distinctions in the examinations.
Many ex-students are now either teaching in local Montessori Nurseries or have set up successful Nursery Schools of their own. Few fail to find employment at the end of the course (although, of course, we cannot guarantee employment or career advancement). Past students are now teaching in various parts of Europe, or as far afield as Hong-Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia and S.Africa, for example. Other ex-students have found positions as teachers in the kindergarten/nursery departments of several Independent Preparatory Schools. Yet others are working with children with special educational needs.. However, although the qualification is acceptable for teaching in many private schools it does not confer ‘qualified teacher status’ in U.K. state schools.