Abu Dhabi · Ages 4 months to 6 years
A nurturing haven for young minds in the heart of the United Arab Emirates, dedicated to a holistic and exceptional early childhood education experience, rooted in the renowned Montessori philosophy.
Established 1993
Established in 1993, we are an education group with a range of nurseries spanning the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Our prime vision is to nurture the leaders of the future, using our broad range of state-of-the-art facilities and curriculum education establishments.
Our promise to families
A home-like environment where safety and security are paramount, quality educators guide the way, and children play to learn and grow.
Our approach
A Montessori classroom is not quiet because children are told to be. It is quiet because they are absorbed. Our guides observe rather than instruct, offering a lesson at the moment a child is ready for it, then stepping back so concentration can take hold.
Everything a child touches is real — glass, wood, water, ceramic. Real materials invite real care. That care becomes independence, and independence becomes the confidence you will see the first time your child insists on doing it themselves.
4m–6y
Ages welcomed
1:4
Infant adult ratio
2
UAE campuses
1993
Group established
Why families choose us
Full three-hour uninterrupted work cycles, complete material sets and mixed-age communities, led by Montessori-trained guides.
The seven areas of learning of the EYFS are mapped onto Montessori practice, so progress is documented in a language UK schools recognise.
From one adult to four infants up to one to ten in kindergarten, every child is genuinely known by the adults who guide them.
Natural light, real glass and wood, plants cared for by children, and everything within a child’s reach and at a child’s scale.
Safety and security are paramount. Children arrive into warm, familiar rooms where they are known by name and cared for as they would be at home.
Quality educators guide rather than direct, so children play to learn and grow — building language, confidence and independence through their own purposeful work.
The age pathway
Children move through four prepared environments, each one built for what that age genuinely needs — not a scaled-down version of the next stage.
4 months – 2 years
A calm, home-like environment where babies and toddlers move freely, feed and sleep to their own rhythm, and begin the practical life work that builds independence.
Ratio 1 adult to 4 children
See the daily rhythm2 – 3 years
The bridge into the Casa years. Toddlers refine coordination and language through pouring, sorting, dressing frames and grace-and-courtesy lessons.
Ratio 1 adult to 6 children
See the daily rhythm3 – 4 years
The full three-hour uninterrupted work cycle across all five Montessori areas, guided by trained Montessori teachers in a mixed-age community.
Ratio 1 adult to 8 children
See the daily rhythm4 – 6 years
The kindergarten years bring the Montessori elementary bridge together with the British Early Years Foundation Stage, preparing children confidently for Year 1.
Ratio 1 adult to 10 children
See the daily rhythmA day at British Oak
The morning belongs to the work cycle. Children choose their work, return it, and choose again — for as long as their concentration holds. Nothing interrupts it: no bell, no timetable, no adult calling the room to attention.
Afterwards the doors open to a shaded garden where the same lessons continue in sand, water and soil. In the UAE climate, outdoor time is planned around the heat rather than surrendered to it.
See daily timings
The five areas
Every material in the classroom belongs to one of five areas, and every one of them isolates a single idea so the child can meet it clearly.
Our campuses
Two established campuses in the Al Ghadeer community of Abu Dhabi.
Waha Building, Al Ghadeer Community
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Our founding campus, purpose-fitted for the youngest learners. Infant, toddler and Casa environments sit around a shaded central garden, so children move between indoors and outdoors throughout the day.
Campus details
Sabil Building, Al Ghadeer Community
Abu Dhabi, UAE
A short walk from the nursery, our kindergarten carries children through the Foundation Stage years, blending the Montessori three-hour work cycle with the British early years curriculum.
Campus detailsFrom our families
Our daughter walked in barely speaking and now narrates her whole day to us. What struck us most was how calm the classroom is — nobody is rushing the children.
We moved from London and were worried about continuity. The EYFS reporting made the transition seamless, and the Montessori work is the real thing.
The infant community gave us confidence as first-time parents. The updates are detailed and honest, never generic.
Visit us
Tours run in the morning while the classrooms are working, so you see the environment as your child would meet it. Bring your child with you.
