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Madrid, Spain · est. 2006 · Private
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Madrid Montessori School is a small American Montessori school in the El Viso district of Madrid for children from one and a half to 12 years. It was founded in 2006 by twelve families, starting with one classroom in Chamberí; in 2009 the school moved to El Viso, and since September 2016 all programmes have been gathered in one building on Genil street. The school has been accredited by the American Middle States Association since 2012, re-accredited in 2019 for seven years, and is recognised by the Madrid education department. All guides hold AMI diplomas, and the school follows AMI principles: mixed-age classes, materials on low shelves, uninterrupted work cycles of 2.5-3 hours. In the nursery two adults each speak their own language, Spanish and English; in the Casa de Niños there is gradual immersion in English; in primary the main language of instruction is English, and Spanish language, history and culture are taught separately, so that by 12 children become bilingual. In primary there are no textbooks and no subject timetable: children plan their own time, research topics and organise their own outings. Lunches are vegetarian from organic produce, bread is baked every day, and children look after the vegetable garden. The school has a psychologist and a wellbeing coordinator.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $10 394–13 161 a year
920–1 165 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments: the school does not say how many payments it takes.
Admits from
18 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
About the fees The school publishes its fees on its site, monthly for 10 months from September to June: for the 2026-2027 school year, the half-day nursery (8:45-13:00) 920 euros a month, the extended day 1145, Casa de Niños (8:45-15:30) 1145, primary school (8:30-15:15) 1165; for 2025-2026 it was 885, 1100, 1100 and 1120 euros. The fee includes fruit, snacks and a vegetarian lunch, and in the nursery on the extended day, an afternoon nap.
Admissions Admission goes in four steps: an open day by booking, an application with a non-refundable fee of 150 euros for processing, a visit to the school and an interview with the director, and notification of a place - from 15 March, if there are free places. Applications are accepted all year round, and applying does not guarantee a place. The school is small, there are few places each year, and the main criterion is the family's commitment to go through the whole programme of the school with the child. The school writes that it has many international families, so places sometimes become free during the year; a waiting list is kept for each class.
Stages and year groups Grades Comunidad Infantil (18 months) - Primaria (12 years). Three Montessori stages: Comunidad Infantil from 18 months to 3 years (from 8:45 to 13:00, optionally a nap at school and pick-up at 15:30 from Monday to Thursday), Casa de los Niños from 3 to 6 years (from 8:45 to 15:30) with five areas - practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics and culture, and Primaria from 6 to 12 years (from 8:30 to 15:15), built on the five Montessori "great stories", with research projects and outings that children organise themselves. Classes are of mixed ages, and each class has its own name - El Encinar, El Pinar, El Hayedo.
Address Calle Genil 11, El Viso, 28002 Madrid
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
MSA · accreditationschool is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
MSAMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
One of the oldest American accreditations, working since 1887 in more than a hundred countries and linked to the Office of Overseas Schools of the US State Department. It judges the school as an institution across twelve areas, including finances, governance, premises and student support.
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Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓CateringThe kitchen cooks vegetarian food every day from seasonal organic produce, sourdough bread is baked daily; no processed food, added sugar, colourings or preservatives. Children eat in their classrooms, with flowers and glass tableware.
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground
Campus: Since 2016 all programmes have been gathered in the school's own building at Genil 11, in the El Viso district.
Clubs and activities: Willems music method (from age 3) · Individual instrumental lessons (from age 5)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
All the school's guides hold AMI diplomas. The school is led by Joanna Stewart, a Montessori guide since 1998 and director since 2022; the co-founder and owner is Leonor March Juan, an AMI auxiliary trainer for the 3-6 level. The staff page names the finance director, the school life coordinator, the Spanish teacher who is also school counsellor and wellbeing coordinator, the school psychologist and the guides and assistants of each class. The total number of teachers the school does not give.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a school psychologist, who observes and supports children at all stages and supports families and guides, and a wellbeing coordinator. Parents take part in the school committees on planning and on health and safety. A separate child protection policy the school does not publish on its site.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)60 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data64 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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