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Moderato Montessori
A small AMI-aligned Montessori with a French and Spanish backbone, opened in 2018. The children come out trilingual or close, and parents talk about visible confidence and curiosity rather than test scores.
In brief
A small AMI-aligned Montessori with a French and Spanish backbone, opened in 2018. The children come out trilingual or close, and parents talk about visible confidence and curiosity rather than test scores.
Days are run in French, Spanish, and English, with Catalan in the mix. The small roll means mixed-age classrooms work as Montessori intends, and teachers know every child by name. Parents single out reading, writing and maths progress that arrives without obvious pressure.
Communication with families runs more like a partnership than a school-to-parent broadcast, which is one of the reasons Francophone families in particular settle in. The outdoor space is useful at this age, and add-ons like yoga, swimming and music keep the day varied.
It only goes to early years and lower primary, so this is a starter school rather than a 3 to 18 plan. Families should think about the next move from the day they enrol, particularly if they want to stay in a Francophone or Montessori track once children outgrow the site.
Fees
Annual fees
| Year level | Age | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 15mo-3y Half Day (€480/mo ×10) | 1 | €4,800 |
| 15mo-3y Full Day (€730/mo ×10) | 1 | €7,300 |
| 15mo-3y Half Day (€480/mo ×10) | 2 | €4,800 |
| 15mo-3y Full Day (€730/mo ×10) | 2 | €7,300 |
| 3-6y (€750/mo ×10) | 3 | €7,500 |
| 3-6y (€750/mo ×10) | 4 | €7,500 |
| 3-6y (€750/mo ×10) | 5 | €7,500 |
| 6-12y (€800/mo ×10) | 6 | €8,000 |
| 6-12y (€800/mo ×10) | 7 | €8,000 |
| 6-12y (€800/mo ×10) | 8 | €8,000 |
| 6-12y (€800/mo ×10) | 9 | €8,000 |
| 6-12y (€800/mo ×10) | 10 | €8,000 |
| 6-12y (€800/mo ×10) | 11 | €8,000 |
| Annual renewal (materials) | €250 |
One-time fees
| Item | Age | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Registration (first year) | €600 |
Reviews
A small Francophone Montessori in Putxet, sister to Moderato Pantin near Paris. Around fifty children across three mixed-age classes from 18 months upward, with French as the dominant classroom language and Spanish, Catalan and English layered in. The pool of parent voices is small and skews warm: an intimate, family-feel school where children settle quickly and grow in independence. The school is not homologated by the AEFE, which matters for anyone planning to feed into the French state system later.
Positives
- Atmosphere. Intimate and family-feel. Parents describe children settling fast, gaining autonomy and confidence, and arriving happy.
- Multilingual immersion. French-led with daily Spanish and exposure to Catalan and English. Each class pairs a francophone and a hispanophone guide, and children pick up the second language inside the first couple of years.
- Teaching team. Guides come across as engaged and trained in the method. Classrooms are described as calm and well-paced.
Considerations
- Scale and stage. Roughly fifty pupils across three classrooms up to around age ten. The school suits early years and lower primary; there is no upper-school path on-site.
- French-system status. Not homologated by the AEFE. The French national programme is followed alongside Montessori, but the school sits outside the official French network in Spain, so transferring into a homologated lycée later is not automatic.
- Fit and warmth. The small pool of public feedback is overwhelmingly positive, but one sharp dissent flags a transactional feel. With a cohort this small, individual fit weighs heavily.