Montessori Farm School is one of the most distinctive options connected to the international schools in Warsaw, even though it does not sit inside the city. It belongs to the Warsaw Montessori Family, a bilingual network that runs Montessori provision from the toddler years upward, and it carries that philosophy into adolescence on a working farm in Podlasie. Where most schools deliver Montessori as a classroom method, the Farm School treats the farm itself as the curriculum, with animals, a garden and small enterprises forming the daily structure through which teenagers learn. That is the point of difference families weigh when they consider it.
Montessori Farm School at a glance
| Curriculum and approach | Montessori adolescent education with a pre-IB pathway and Polish high school alignment |
|---|---|
| Stages | Adolescent and secondary years, with a residential option for upper secondary |
| Network | Part of the Warsaw Montessori Family |
| Type | Private, bilingual, residential and day |
| Languages | English and Polish, with further languages taught |
| Setting | Working farm in the Podlasie region, eastern Poland |
Because the school is residential and rural, the practical questions parents ask, exact ages, the weekly boarding pattern and the full cost including accommodation, are answered by the network directly rather than from a fixed published table. We describe the school qualitatively here and flag where a number should come from admissions.
Curriculum and academics
The Farm School delivers Montessori education at the adolescent stage, the part of Maria Montessori's vision that places teenagers in a setting where they take on real responsibility and see the results of their own work. Students help run the farm, tend a garden, care for animals and operate small enterprises selling produce, which turns abstract lessons in biology, economics and ethics into lived experience. Academically this is paired with a pre-IB pathway and an alignment to the Polish high school requirements, so the practical learning sits on a recognised framework rather than replacing it. English runs alongside Polish, with additional languages taught, keeping the bilingual character of the wider network.
For families mapping the full Montessori journey, the Farm School is the upper rung of a ladder that starts much earlier. The Warsaw Montessori schools hub sets out the day campuses that take children from the toddler and primary years, while a comparison with the network's city based Warsaw Montessori School shows how the rural adolescent programme differs from the classroom based stages that feed it.
Budgeting for a residential place?
Use the fee calculator to model tuition, boarding and the extras of a residential school, then weigh it against the day options in our Warsaw fee guide.
Montessori Farm School fees
As a residential school the Farm School carries two costs that a day school does not combine: tuition and boarding. That makes a direct comparison with the city day market imperfect, although our guide to international school fees in Warsaw is still a useful reference for where tuition across the Montessori network sits, with primary day tuition across the city broadly between 18,000 and 65,000 zloty a year and secondary higher. Boarding is charged on top of tuition and varies with how many nights a week a student lives on site, so the total for a residential place is a different calculation from a day fee.
Treat any figure you see online as illustrative until the network gives you its current tuition and residential schedule, because rates are revised each year and accommodation pricing is specific to the farm. Beyond the headline numbers, budget for the practical extras of a rural residential place, including travel between Warsaw and Podlasie, weekend arrangements and any activity costs. The fee calculator is the most reliable way to model the full cost and to set it against the day schools your family might otherwise choose.
Admissions
Admission runs through the Warsaw Montessori Family rather than a standalone office, and because the Farm School is a residential adolescent programme the process looks at readiness for boarding as much as academic fit. English is used in entrance conversations, and the team considers whether a young person will thrive in a setting that asks for independence, physical work and communal living from the start. Families moving up from the network's earlier stages have a natural route in, but the school also takes students from outside who are drawn to the model.
Places are limited by the residential capacity of the farm, so early enquiry matters, particularly for the upper secondary years where boarding demand is highest. Visiting in person is essential here in a way it is not for a city day school, because the setting is the school: a family needs to see the farm, the accommodation and the rhythm of the week before committing. For the wider set of options across the capital, the Warsaw city hub lists schools by curriculum and stage so you can hold the Farm School up against day alternatives.
Location and who goes there
The school sits on a farm in the Podlasie region of eastern Poland, a rural part of the country known for its open landscape and slower pace, within driving distance of Warsaw rather than inside it. For capital based families this is the defining feature: the Farm School is not a daily commute but a residential choice, used by those who actively want their teenager out of the city during the school week. The accommodation, garden, apiary and animal husbandry facilities make the farm a self contained learning environment.
The community is drawn from families already committed to Montessori education, many of them moving up through the Warsaw Montessori Family, alongside others who seek out the farm specifically for an adolescent who learns better through doing than sitting. It suits independent minded teenagers and parents comfortable with boarding and rural life, and it is plainly not for a family wanting a conventional city school close to home. That clarity of purpose is its strength: it knows exactly which kind of student it serves.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Montessori Farm School?
As a residential school the Farm School carries both tuition and boarding costs, so it does not sit neatly in the Warsaw day school bands. Our Warsaw fee guide is a useful reference point for tuition across the network, but boarding is charged separately. Confirm the current tuition and residential schedule directly with the Warsaw Montessori Family admissions team before you budget.
What curriculum does Montessori Farm School follow?
The school follows Montessori adolescent education combined with a pre-IB pathway and an alignment to the Polish high school requirements. Montessori principles of work, responsibility and real world learning are delivered through life on the farm, with English used alongside Polish.
What ages does Montessori Farm School take?
The Farm School is designed for adolescents, broadly the secondary years, with a residential option for the upper secondary students who live on site during the week. It extends the Montessori continuum that begins in the toddler and primary years elsewhere in the Warsaw Montessori Family.
Where is Montessori Farm School?
It sits on a working farm in the Podlasie region of eastern Poland, within driving distance of Warsaw rather than inside the city. Families based in Warsaw use it as the residential, rural arm of the Warsaw Montessori Family rather than a daily commute.
Is Montessori Farm School part of Warsaw Montessori Family?
Yes. It is the farm based, residential component of the Warsaw Montessori Family network, which runs Montessori provision from the toddler years through to the IB Diploma. The Farm School is its own campus with a distinct adolescent programme rather than a sub group of another school.
