Education doesn't need to be reformed - it needs to be transformed. The key is not to standardise education, but to personalise it.
~ Sir Ken Robinson

Our Aim

Our aim is to prepare children for the real world - for life! We therefore offer an education that meets the needs of the 21st century, is based on solid scientific research and is internationally recognised.

The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.
~ Jean Piaget

Our Motto

Our motto, "follow the child", is borrowed from Dr Maria Montessori as this underpins all we do.

Education is the not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
~ WB Yeats

Our Home

We are based in the rural Eastern Cape countryside, skirting the scenic town of Stutterheim, in a double-storey house on 1,5 hectares at the forest verge and foot of the Amatola mountains.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
~ Nelson Mandela

Our Philosophy

Our small Learning Community draws strongly from the Finnish educational model as well as from Montessori and Democratic Schools such as Summerhill in the UK.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
~ Plato

Our Curriculum

We use an eclectic mix of international curricula including Montessori, Cambridge, Singapore and even a bit of homeschooling material for our core subjects.

Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.
~ Albert Einstein

Our Educators

Our educators are experienced, caring people that are passionate about seeing each child succeed.