Montessori school management system for schools in Kenya
Montessori observations live in notebooks. Record them once and the progress report is made from them, for parents to read.
Enaton runs Montessori schools in Kenya: the guide’s observation records, the areas of the classroom such as practical life and sensorial, mixed age classes, and progress reports a parent can read. Fees, parents and the rest of the school work as they do for every Enaton school.
| Learning area | Level | Teacher note |
|---|---|---|
| Practical life | Confident | Pours and carries with care |
| Sensorial | Confident | Grades the pink tower alone |
| Language | Practising | Sandpaper letters, sounds c to m |
| Mathematics | Practising | Counts to 20 with beads |
| Culture | Starting | Enjoys the land and water forms |
- Practical lifeConfident
- SensorialConfident
- LanguagePractising
- MathematicsPractising
- CultureStarting
What it does
Enaton runs Montessori schools in Kenya: the guide’s observation records, the areas of the classroom such as practical life and sensorial, mixed age classes, and progress reports a parent can read. Fees, parents and the rest of the school work as they do for every Enaton school.
Observation and records
- Observation notes recorded by the guide, with the date, against each child
- The areas of your classroom, such as practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics and culture
- A record that stays with the child as they move up, so nothing starts again
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- Notes the guide chooses to share with the parent, and notes kept for staff only
Mixed age classes
- Classes set up by age band instead of one grade
- Children moving to the next band without a new record
- Guides and assistants assigned to the classes they teach
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- Attendance marked on a phone, like every other class
Progress reports parents can read
- A report built from the observations, area by area
- Plain words for where each child is, set by your school
- Released to the parent portal, or printed
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- The fee balance and the report sit on the same child record
Who it helps
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Guides record what they see once, on a phone or a laptop.
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Principals see every class and every guide in one place.
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Bursars bill the school the same way as any other.
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Parents read a report that explains their child’s progress.
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How it works
Set up the areas of your classroom and your age bands
Place each child in a mixed age class
Record observations as the guide sees them
Release the progress report to the parent portal
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A Montessori child is not a row of marks
Montessori guides watch each child at work and write down what they see. Most school systems have only a place for a mark per subject, so the observations stay in notebooks and the report is written from memory at the end of term.
Mixed age classes make it harder. A class that holds children of three ages does not fit a system built around one grade, one class and one teacher.
How Enaton handles it
Observations are recorded as they happen, against the areas of your classroom, and kept with the child from one year to the next. The progress report is made from what the guide recorded, in words a parent understands.
Classes can hold children of different ages. The rest of the school, the fees, the parent portal, attendance, transport and messages, is the same system every Enaton school uses.
Related modules
- Exams and report cards Enaton turns marks into reports without an end of term scramble.
- Parent portal One account for a parent, covering every one of their children, even when those children are at different schools in the group.
- Cambridge Enaton manages Cambridge schools in Kenya, from IGCSE to AS and A level: year groups, subject options, the grading structures Cambridge actually uses, and reports in a format parents of international learners expect.
Questions we get about this
Does Enaton support Montessori schools?
Yes. Observation records, the areas of your classroom, mixed age classes and progress reports are all part of Enaton, along with fees, the parent portal and everything else.
Can a class hold children of different ages?
Yes. Classes are set up by age band, so a mixed age class is one class in the system.
Can we keep the areas of our own classroom?
Yes. You set the areas and the words used for each stage, so the report matches how your guides already speak.
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Can a Montessori school also run another curriculum?
Yes. A school with a Montessori early years section and a CBC/CBE or Cambridge primary runs both in one system, each with its own report.
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