The Montessori St Nicholas charity and the training organisation Montessori Centre International have joined forces to offer in-service training to introduce Montessori to primary school teachers.
Montessori St Nicholas chief executive Philip Bujak said, 'After the outstanding results at Gorton Mount Primary School, where the Montessori method was introduced in the Foundation Stage, we are convinced that Montessori can help raise standards in our primary schools.'
The DfES and the charity jointly funded 80,000 to introduce Montessori teaching at Gorton Mount, a school in a deprived inner-city area of Manchester. A snap inspection by Ofsted last year credited Montessori methods for improving attainment levels in the Foundation Stage children (In Brief, 23 March 2006.) Barbara Isaacs, chief executive of Montessori Centre International, said training would be tailored to the schools' needs. 'There's a lot of flexibility in how primaries could access it. We believe Montessori has something for mainstream schools.'
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