09:15 · In the classroom
A little discovery. A lasting record.
A child finds a new way to count. Their teacher captures the work in a portfolio, so progress is remembered in more than a mark.
NewThe Interactive Studio: lessons that mark themselves
Your whole school, running as one
Montessa is the school management system that brings students, families, teachers and fees together, with lessons and homework that mark themselves. Made for schools of every kind and size.
- Free for up to 30 students
- Parents and staff never cost extra
- Web and phone app included
Little Oaks Montessori · School workspace
Search your school…School homeAOAda Okafor
Good morning, Mrs Okafor
Here's what's happening across Little Oaks today.
Together we inspire
Confident minds, kind hearts,
curious spirits.
Students
221
Teachers
24
Families
168
Active classes
12
Communications
A little discovery in Sunflower
Today we planted our first beans. Ask your child what a seed needs to grow.
Class story · 15 minutes ago
Staff meeting · Thursday, 3:30 pm
One system
All of your school, in one place
No more copying names between spreadsheets, apps and inboxes. Each part of Montessa knows what the others know.
Attendance & Pickup
Every child accounted for, from the gate in to the gate out.
Take the register in seconds, check visitors in at the front desk and make sure every child goes home with someone they are allowed to go home with.
- Daily alerts. One absence alert per child per day, sent on the school's own clock.
- Staff attendance. Staff sign in and out too, so the office knows who is on site.
- Visitor log. Check visitors in at reception and keep a record of who was in the building.
New · Interactive Studio
Lessons that answer back
Write a lesson once. Teach it on the board, play it as a live quiz or set it as homework. Every question marks itself, so you see who has understood before the lesson ends, not after the weekend.
Go on, have a go. These are the real thing, working in your browser.
Shade it, place it, set it, plot it.
Fraction circles, number lines, clocks and coordinate grids are drawn from numbers, not pasted in as pictures. Pupils answer on the picture itself, and the mark arrives the moment they check.
- Any six eighths count as three quarters, because the amount is what's marked
- A hint after a wrong try, and the answer after two
- Answer keys never reach a pupil's browser
Try it
Maths task · Year 4 fractions and time
Shade three quarters of the circle.
Tap the slices to shade them. The circle is cut into eighths.
This is a real Maths task block, drawn and marked by the same code your pupils use.
Homework & marking
Marking that still feels like marking
Teachers did not train for years to fill in boxes. Montessa lets you mark the way you always have, on the page, and does the adding up, the filing and the chasing for you.
Marked on hand-in
Questions with a right answer are marked the moment work comes in, so your evening starts with the questions that need you.
Your red pen, kept
Tick, half or cross, a score, a note in the margin and a stamp, on the pupil's own page or a photo of their exercise book.
Say it instead
Record spoken feedback when it is quicker to say than to write, and save the phrases you use every week.
Straight to the portfolio
Marked work files itself into the child's portfolio, for families to see and keep.
Try it
Homework · Amara Okafor, Year 4
1. 7 × 8 =
56
Marked on hand-in2. Why does ice float on water?
Because ice is lighter than water so it goes on top.
Try “Half”3. Write a sentence using “although”.
Although it was raining, we still went to the park.
Try “Tick”
2/6
Saved phrases, for question 2
Stamp the page
Sample work. The first answer was marked automatically when it was handed in; the rest is yours to mark.
Lesson library
20 finished lessons, ready on your first day
From first sounds to the trial balance. Try each one as a pupil would, then copy it into your school and make it yours. Every lesson is built from the same blocks your teachers build with.
Early years
Ages 0–5 · 5 lessons
- Early maths
Shapes and colours all around us
Ages 2–4 20 min
- Tap-to-explore picture
- Listen and tap
- Finger tracing
- Early maths
Counting 1 to 10 on the farm
Ages 3–5 25 min
- Counting song video
- Picture to count
- Number tracing
- Phonics
First sounds: s, a, t, p
Ages 4–5 25 min
- Sound-to-picture matching
- Letter tracing
- Read aloud, marked word by word
- Understanding the world
My body and my five senses
Ages 3–5 25 min
- Label the diagram
- Song video
- Sorting by touch
Primary
Ages 5–11 · 5 lessons
- Mathematics
Fractions: halves, quarters and eighths
Year 3–4 · Ages 7–9 60 min
- Shade and place fractions, marked at once
- Chapters that unlock in order
- Spreadsheet marked automatically
- Science
The water cycle
Year 4–5 · Ages 8–10 60 min
- Explorable diagram
- Label the diagram
- Real investigation data
- Science
Our solar system
Year 5 · Ages 9–10 60 min
- Picture banner
- Data table and chart
- Spreadsheet with formulas
- English
Persuasive writing: Save our park
Year 5–6 · Ages 9–11 75 min
- Annotated poster
- Read aloud, marked word by word
- Exercise-book page to write on
Secondary
Ages 11–18 · 10 lessons
- Biology
Cell structure: animal and plant cells
Year 7–9 · Ages 11–14 90 min
- Two explorable cells
- Compare slider
- Magnification spreadsheet
- Biology
The heart and circulation
Year 10–11 · Ages 14–16 100 min
- Explorable heart diagram
- 10-step blood flow sequence
- Class data spreadsheet with averages
- Chemistry
Atomic structure and the periodic table
Year 9–11 · Ages 13–16 100 min
- Explorable atom model
- Particle-count spreadsheet
- Timeline of discovery
- Physics
Forces and motion: Newton's laws
Year 10–11 · Ages 14–16 100 min
- Label the force arrows
- Graph paper for plotting
- Motion spreadsheet
Products
Fourteen tools, one login
Use what you need today and switch on the rest as your school grows.
Students & FamiliesOne record for every child and householdAdmissionsEnquiries, applications and enrolmentAttendance & PickupRegisters, check-in and safe collectionClassroomLessons, homework, assessments and gradesInteractive StudioLessons, live quizzes and worksheets that mark themselvesHomework & MarkingSet it, hand it in, mark it on the pagePortfolio & ProgressMontessori-friendly growth, made visibleCommunicationMessages, class stories and the communication bookBilling & FeesInvoices, instalments and online paymentsTimetable & CalendarSchedules, rooms, events and coverTransportBus routes, escorts and live ridesWebsite & FormsYour school website and online formsMontessa AppFor parents, teachers, students and the gateReports & AnalyticsSee how the school is really doing
Mobile app and web portal
The app your families will actually open
One Montessa app changes shape for whoever signs in. Parents see their children. Teachers get a quick-add button. The gate sees who is collecting.
Everything families do, from one phone
Read the class story, reply to a teacher, hand in homework, pay fees and name who is collecting today, all from a phone.
Dressed in your school's colours
Your logo, colours and website. Families with children at more than one school switch between them with a tap.
Good afternoon, Ana
Leo · Year 2
Checked in at 8:02 am
- New class storyBean planting day 🌱
- Homework markedFractions · 18/20
- Pickup todayPaulo is collecting
The moments that matter
More room for the human side of school
Less time joining up the admin. More time noticing the small things that make a school day.
12:30 · A moment shared
Let families into the little moments.
A photo, a class story, a quick note from the teacher. Families get a window into the day and something lovely to talk about on the way home.
Everyday scenarios showing how Montessa can fit into a school day.
Connected records
However a family reaches you, it all connects
An application becomes a student, a student becomes a bill, a register mark becomes a parent alert. Montessa joins the dots so your team does not have to.
Step 1
A family applies
Online form on your website
Step 2
A student is enrolled
Family attached, nothing retyped
Step 3
Fees are billed
Discounts applied by rule
Step 4
Home and school talk
Messages, stories, the book
Nothing slips through
Know who has not answered, by name
The trip is on Friday and three consent forms are missing. Montessa tells you whose, with their children beside their names, and reminds only them. And the office keeps working when the head is out of the building.
Try it
Consent · Science museum trip
5 of 8 answered
4 agreed · 1 declined · 3 waiting
- Ngozi OkaforChidi, Year 1 Not answered
- Grace AdeyemiNoah, Year 4 Not answered
- Kemi LawalTobi, Year 4 Not answered
Sample families. The same list and reminder are on the web and in the Montessa app.
Admissions
Year 2 · 1 place leftThe Okonkwo family
Adaeze, Year 2
OfferThe Patel family
Arjun, Year 2
VisitThe Mensah family
Kofi, Nursery
Enquiry
Admissions in your pocket. Move a family along and enrol them from the app, with the same emails and history as the web.
For everyone at school
A home built around each person's work
Everyone signs in to the same Montessa, and everyone sees what they need first, and only what they are allowed to.
Heads and office
A home that shows what needs you today: applications, consents, cover and fees.
Teachers
Lessons that mark themselves, live class games, homework marked on the page, and registers and replies for the minutes between lessons.
Finance
Billing, instalments, payments and bookkeeping, without access to everything else.
Parents
Their children's day, homework, fees and pickup, in their language, on their phone.
Students
A planner that shows what is due, lessons they can answer on any screen, and their marked work read back the way their teacher left it.
Gate and bus
Dedicated screens for safe pickup and the bus run, on the school's own clock.
Simple pricing
Pay per student. Families and staff are free.
No set-up fees, no contracts, cancel any time. Start free and only pay when your school is ready.
Starter
$0forever
For a single classroom finding its feet.
Essential
$2/ student / month
A whole small school.
Growth
$4/ student / month
The full family-engagement suite.
Enterprise
$6/ student / month
Multi-campus groups.
What's new
Always getting better
We ship improvements continuously, and here is what landed most recently.
- New
Maths you can touch
- New
A library of ready-made lessons
- New
Spreadsheets and PDF worksheets
- New
Chapters with gated progress
- New
Ink, notebooks and voice
- New
Homework marked on the page
Bring every part of your school together.
Start free for up to 30 students. No card, no contract, no set-up fee.