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Paterna, Spain · est. 2015 · Private
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Mammolina Montessori is a small private family Montessori school in La Cañada near Paterna, north of Valencia. It has been running since 2015, was formerly called International Montessori School of Valencia, holds an authorisation from the Conselleria de Educación of the Valencian Community and since 2025 full NEASC accreditation after a five-year cycle with an external review. There are two stages in mixed-age classes: Children's House for ages 3-6 and Primary for ages 6-12; there is no secondary school. The school is multilingual: in Children's House children hear mostly English and French from English-speaking and French-speaking guides, and Spanish in the garden and at Friday sport; in Primary there are an English-speaking and a French-speaking guide, and 20% of hours are given to the Spanish and Valencian curriculum. The Montessori programme, the school says, also covers EU and US standards. The morning is a three-hour uninterrupted Montessori work cycle, the afternoon brings sport, music and gardening, and at the end of the day extracurricular activities. The main thing about the place is a garden of more than 2600 m² with trees, a vegetable plot and a tennis court, where a good part of learning happens. No uniform is required, and the school has zero tolerance for bullying and a 'peace education' programme. The guides are native speakers of English and French, with MCI, AMI, International Montessori Academy and St. Mary's College of California qualifications.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $6 722–7 343 a year
595–650 EUR a month
The year is counted as ten payments a year - that is how many the school itself names.
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, French
Languages taught
Spanish, Catalan
About the fees Fees are monthly, ten months per school year, for a full day from 9:00 to 16:00: Children's House (ages 3-6) - 595 euros a month, 535 euros for siblings; Primary (ages 6-12) - 650 euros a month, 585 euros for siblings. On top of this there is a non-refundable admission and registration fee of 620 euros (400 euros for siblings and from the second year) and a refundable deposit equal to three monthly fees for new pupils. Meals from the Casa Intur caterer cost 129 euros a month.
Admissions The school takes children from 3 to 12 and accepts new families all year round. Admission has four steps: a visit with the head, Cristina Cort, an application with the latest school report if the child has been to school and a questionnaire about the child, a decision based on criteria - the child's readiness, ability to integrate positively into the class and the family's agreement with the programme - and enrolment with a contract, payment of the fee and the deposit. The school accepts international families directly: it writes that as a private school it does not need the bureaucratic procedures of local schools and that the child's passport and health insurance are enough to start. Spanish is not required: younger children are immersed in English and French, Spanish comes through everyday contact, and in Primary there are a few hours of Spanish a week.
Stages and year groups Grades Children's House (age 3) - Primary (age 12). Two stages in mixed-age classes: Children's House for ages 3-6 and Primary for ages 6-12; the school ends at twelve. Every morning there is a three-hour uninterrupted Montessori work cycle, and children eat when they choose to take a break; in the afternoon there is free choice and shared activities - sport, music, gardening; after 16:00 optional extracurricular activities. In Children's House the main areas are mathematics, sensorial work, language, culture and practical life; in Primary work is independent and interdisciplinary. The school does not state class sizes.
Address Calle 608, N. 9, 46182 La Cañada (Paterna)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
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NEASCNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
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The pedagogy of Maria Montessori: a child chooses the activity, works at their own pace with special materials, and mixed-age groups are arranged so that older children teach the younger ones. It is used most often in the nursery and primary stages.
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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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Campus: The school stands in the quiet La Cañada area of Paterna, north of Valencia. It has a garden of more than 2600 m² with trees, plants, a vegetable plot and a tennis court; children explore nature themselves, and outdoor learning is part of the programme. Inside there are Montessori classroom environments with materials and work areas for ages 3-6 and 6-12. Meals are delivered by a caterer.
Clubs and activities: Chess · Art and creativity · Theatre and puppets · Mini inventors · Tennis and fitness · Creative sewing in English · Tennis for children and adults
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
The team is listed by name, with each person's education. The head, Cristina Cort, is an economist with a course on children's rights and Montessori guide training for kindergarten and primary. Children's House has four guides: Ana Pérez (MCI, London, 7 years in Montessori schools in England), Noelia Suero (International Montessori Academy, Poland), the French Julia Lacroix (AMI training) and Nicole Ayala (master's in Montessori pedagogy and special education). Primary has three guides: the French Théo Ronsin (Chilean Montessori Academy), Lorena Calatayud (at the school since its founding, Montessori master's from the University of Barcelona) and the American Danielle Hardoon (St. Mary's College of California, master's from the University of Pennsylvania, AMS consultant). Music is taught by Laura Arán, a music therapist with 20 years of experience. The school does not state the pupil-teacher ratio.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school calls safety its top priority: through a 'peace education' programme it teaches children to express their feelings and resolve conflicts respectfully, has zero tolerance for bullying and a clear support protocol. In relationships it relies on positive discipline, without rewards or punishments. The school names no security guards, no video surveillance, no medical staff and no psychologist.
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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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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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