Montessori National Curriculum

This is a significant achievement and has positive implications for everyone working in Montessori classrooms, not only in Australia but also worldwide. ACARA established a very rigorous recognition process to determine the extent to which a well-established alternative national curriculum can deliver comparable educational outcomes for students to those based on the Australian National Curriculum.

ACARA have advised that our curriculum aligns with the Mparntwe Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians, meets the principles and guidelines in relation to the Shape of the Australian Curriculum v9, and allows for comparable educational outcomes in the following learning areas by the end of Year 10:

The recognition further acknowledges our different approach to learning, and notes the role of Montessori pedagogy, materials and activities in delivering the curriculum.

MNC to ACARA Mapping Documents

Organisation members can download the full alignment tables showing exactly how each Montessori curriculum area maps to Australian Curriculum v9 content descriptors — across all six learning areas and all planes of development.

Access Mapping Documents →

Accessing the Curriculum

The 2025 version of the Montessori National Curriculum is available via licence to current member Montessori schools and centres. We encourage you to explore the curriculum and our online portal. In addition to the updated curriculum, the portal provides Montessori centres, schools and practitioners with links to support material, videos and other relevant information.

A note for parents

The Montessori National Curriculum document is not intended as a parent document, but has been designed for a Montessori classroom environment, where there is a full complement of Montessori materials, a multi-aged classroom of children, and trained Montessori educators.

Parents who are wanting to create a Montessori home-school environment are encouraged to attend workshops and training courses that can support the use of the MNC within the home-school environment. Please reach out to info@montessori.org.au with any enquiries.