A Warm Welcome!
Welcome to Central Coast Montessori, where our guiding principle, Education for Life—inspires everything we do.
For going on two decades, our school has provided a nurturing, child-centred learning environment. Guided by the Montessori philosophy of self-directed learning, independence, and respect, we help children recognise their potential, foster their creativity, and develop a lifelong love of learning.
Central Coast Montessori’s journey began with a spark of inspiration in the late 1990s. Witnessing the remarkable growth of family members in a Montessori school in Sydney transformed my understanding of what education could be. It wasn’t just about knowledge; it was a gift—an opportunity to nurture the whole human being, cultivating confidence, curiosity, collaboration and capability.
This passion led me to immerse myself in Montessori studies in Dublin and Bergamo, learning from its origins in Europe. On returning to Australia, I brought these values to classrooms in Sydney, seeing firsthand how Montessori’s child-centred approach empowers individuals to first adapt and then to thrive.
In 2007, we opened Central Coast Montessori Preschool in Wamberal. We expanded in 2017 with a primary school in Bateau Bay, offering a seamless Montessori journey from birth through to Year 6.
Looking ahead, our goal is to launch a Montessori adolescent program. Through the creation of a ‘school in the experience of true social life”, extending this rich pedagogy that takes a broad, species view of development and learning into the teenage years, CCM will prepare adolecents for adult life.
At Central Coast Montessori, we support children to realise their full potential and in doing so, to make a valueable contribution to society. Through an individualised, contextual approach, learners acquire the independence, develop the skills, and draw on their passion to succeed academically, socially, and emotionally.
Our approach is not just about preparing children for the next stage of schooling, nor the mindless memorisation of facts—it’s about them building an existential tool box from which they can always draw. It is about....preparing them for life.
To see what mindfully-prepared, rich, contextual, mixed-age learning environments look like, join one of our Discovery Tours.
Dimitri Nicolaou
Principal
