The team
At Unity Montessori, all the friendly and warm teachers hold either an International Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy or a Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy (Early Years Educator Level 4). The team has been carefully selected to ensure a wide range of skills and experience, and all the teachers are very enthusiastic and highly motivated. At Unity, we are committed to creating a nurturing, happy and safe learning environment for the children, teachers and families alike. We are educators, first and foremost, and we are proud to have a very high staff to children ratios. This allows us to focus on every child, tailor learning around individual needs, and create strong and meaningful relationships with children, their families and their key workers.
Alex, Unity Montessori Owner & Principal
Alex’s first career was in marketing, a field in which she worked for five years. Education, however, has always been her true lifelong passion. After birth of first child, while researching alternative methods of education she discovered Montessori and started learning about it. In 2011 she enrolled for a teaching course at Montessori Centre International (MCI), and the years since have been the most fulfilling of her professional life. Helping children develop their skills and understanding of the world is a humbling experience, one that she treasures and feels fortunate to have.
Hannah, Deputy Manager and Montessori Teacher
Hannah worked as a Director for an Investment Bank for 10 years. After having her own children, she left The City to pursue a career working with children. Hannah has set up and run local toddler groups and drop-ins for pre-school children, before training as a teaching assistant at Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). She then acquired the International Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy at MCI and worked as a teacher in a Montessori nursery school with a strong creative ethos. Hannah moved to teacher training, and worked at MCI as a lecturer, and group tutor for the Foundation Degree in Montessori Early Childhood Practice, CERT HE and Diploma Course (Early Years Educator). More recently, she has written a CPD course for practitioners and enjoys working as an occasional IQA too. Hannah is passionate about the outdoor environment and works part time with us, where she can often be found in the school garden.
Sung, Montessori Teacher
Sung’s academic background is in education, with a specialisation in second language acquisition, bilingualism and heritage language education. In 2024, she obtained her AMI diploma at the Maria Montessori Institute in London, specialising in the care and education of children aged 3 to 6 years of age. Starting in 2015 and for ten years, Sung taught ESL (English as a Second Language) and international culture in primary and secondary schools in Korea and Japan. Her experience led to the Montessori philosophy, which honours each child’s individuality and fosters independence, intrinsic motivation, and a lifelong love of learning.