Nutwood Forest Montessori Preschool in Green Point, Cape Town

A Home from Home

We are situated in the cosmopolitan suburb of Green Point, Cape Town.

We are a co-educational Nursery & Pre-Primary School, embracing the Montessori Philosophy of education

A Visual Tour

Take a short visual tour of our amazing playground and stimulating learning environment.

The arrangement of our Classrooms

The Nest consists of children aged 4 months to 12 months. The adult child ratio is 1:3 in the Nest class.

The Nursery consists of 1 class. The adult child ratio is 1:7. These classes are for children from 12 months to 3 years.

We have 2 Preschool Classes each class has an adult to child ratio of 1:12. The classes consist of children from 3 to 6 years of age, equivalent to a Pre Primary class and Grade R in traditional schooling.

Enrollment

Please download an enrollment form below or request one from the office.

Fees

Please download our fees and price list below. You will find our fee breakdown as well as aftercare pricing.

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Email: nutwoodforestprincipal@gmail.com

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Location

3 Braemar Road
Green Point 8001

Phone : (021) 439 4874

Cell: (072) 907 2335

Principal Joy Kalamdien: nutwoodforestprincipal@gmail.com

Our Hours

MON-FRI (7am to 5:30pm)

Parent Reviews

Kauthar Jamal (6th March 2025)

Very happy with our school of choice!

From the very first day I visited the school, husband and I both felt content. Even my son, which was more important to us how he felt.
We left the school and for weeks he told everyone his going to Nutwood Forrest. First impressions last!

From Learning & Development, Exploring and Play, as parents, we are immensely proud and happy with structure and the system at Nutwood. We are always greeted with friendly staff faces and happy children. My son has only good things to talk about the school, his teachers or how his day went, if anyone should ask him.

I once joked with my son & said his staying home and not going to school, his response was no but I want to go to school mom! I take this as a sign that my child is feeling safe, taken well care of and nurtured.
Really wished we joined Nutwood earlier!

Thank you Principal Joy, his Teachers & the rest of the Staff for always being happy and making my son’s day awesome.

Kim and Dale Williams

“Our daughter started attending Nutwood Forest in January 2023.

In the short space of time (4 months) we have seen her development blossom.

She has become more confident with her coordination and motor skills, and her vocabulary and speech has improved.

We are excited to see her development continue through the care and support of the wonderful staff at Nutwood.”

Nombutho and Sonwabiso Balintulo

“Nutwood Forest is one of the great places one should take his or her child to. They are very helpful and willing to assist at any given time. I can recall during the time of strikes, they were open not so that parents don’t struggle. They also offer holiday classes. They are very professional and I’m grateful that Zenazi managed to get an opportunity to be part of this great school. The teachers are always helpful and ensure that your child is in safe hands.”

Clotilde and Francois Veldekens

“Our 2 year old daughter loves going to Nutwood Forest! And as parents, we feel very confident about her happiness there. We have always felt supported by her teachers, navigating through our early parenting adventures. What we love the most about the school is the family atmosphere when we arrive to drop her off or pick her up. We are happy to spend time playing, and meeting the children and their parents, which is so precious for us who are away from our families.”

Nicola and Michael Buchner

“From day one, we and our two girls felt very comfortable at the Montessori school. We moved from Germany to Cape Town and our children didn’t speak English at all. Both girls are fluent in English now and that is mainly thanks to the great work of the teachers. The teachers respond individually to the children and they are given great support with various tasks. There hasn’t been a day in the last two years that our children didn’t enjoy going to school and I think that speaks for itself. It was a great decision to send our children to school here and we are very grateful for the great integration and preparation for their further lives. So we can highly recommend sending your kids to Nutwood Montessori school.”

Ella and Mike Quillinan

“We love Nutwood Forest. Both of our kids attended pre-school here. Our favourite aspects are the flexibility for working parents, for example: aftercare, lunch and snacks supplied, holiday care. We also love the environment: a lovely huge shaded playground for the active kids, lots of sand, a soccer pit and bikes. We feel that our kids are safe and well cared for in this nurturing environment.”

Tyler Murphy

“Nutwood Forest is a great school, there is a solid sense of community amongst the parents, and the teachers are excellent. The advice we got from Miss Joy and other parents, to enrol our child as young as possible was the right choice.”

Alendra and Rory Mclean

“A decision to take your child to school is never a simple one! The depth of research that goes into this to find the right place for your child is often daunting and then this is followed by the emotional steps you have to take leading your child to that first day “cue the tears” away from mom and dad (definitely harder for the parents) for the first time and then the follow – up steps from there can be overwhelming for both you and your child.

We are beyond blessed that we found Nutwood Forest Montessori school through trusted friends referral who absolutely raved about the school, the principle and the most phenomenal long-standing teachers! At Nutwood Forest we have experienced the most diverse and beautiful culture. It has been almost 2 years that our little one has attended Nutwood and I can only sing praises about this school for giving us as two full time working parents the most absolute comfort and peace knowing he is so well taken care of and intentionally being educated throughout the day.

Our little boy just turned 3 and started at the school a little under 2 years old, at the time we also didn’t know he would later be diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorder and the first thought I had was “how would he be okay at school?” this doubt for a second was quickly squashed by the realisation that the teachers already were exactly where we needed to be met, with love, kindness, patience and inclusiveness to continue to nurture our boy and give him the care he needs! Asher has thrived and so have we!

I appreciate the transparent and consistent communication we receive, the gentle discipline and guidance offered to us as parents and to Asher. The support we have from the school and every educator there! Each teacher knows our son by name irrespective if he hasn’t participated in their classroom before. This goes to show, there is a community here and it truly does take a village to raise a child.

We are so grateful to Nutwood forest and I dread the day we will have to find a new school one day when Asher is ready to move on. Thank you Nutwood!”