Montessori education has been offered in Australia since 1913 and enjoys strong government and community support.  Educational programmes are provided through long day care, preschool, independent and public school settings for children aged 0 to 18.  Additional Montessori services are provided for families, sports coaching, dementia and ageing, and in remote and Indigenous communities.

The Montessori Australia Foundation (national peak body) works together with the Montessori Children’s Foundation (registered charity) and the Australian Centre for Montessori Studies (training centre). This group is referred to as Montessori Australia and has four key divisions:

• Educational Services
• Community Services
• Training Services
• Resource Services