Visitors to the new Montessori Academy on the old National Sports Club site on Middle Road, Devonshire will find few semblances of what was once one of the Island's premier sports grounds. Two new classroom buildings were also constructed on the field to accommodate the 75 more students that enrolled this year, which increased the student body from 135 to 210.

Montessori project at Sports Club in Devonshire has begun and principal Margaret Hallett could not be more thrilled. Mrs. Hallett has been with the Montessori Academy since its quiet beginning at Tivoli in Warwick ten years ago.

Montessori Academy is set to start the September term at the Devonshire location where it will add middle years' students studying an international programme. Headteacher Margaret Hallett said: "It's a dream come true -- it has been many years in the planning, it's so encouraging to see it come to fruition.