Hi
I have completed the montessori diploma with portobello (fetac) and want to go on to do up to age 12.
As it stands i cannot teach in a montessori primary school with portobello dip (even just the younger classes) as it isnt recognised by the dept of ed.
Portobello are starting a degree course in montessori up to age 12 which be hetac acredited, does this automatically mean that it will be recognised by the dept of ed for teaching in a montessori primary school? Portobello wont give me a direct answer which leads me to believe id me better off going to st nicolas.
any advice would be much appreciated. I prefare to go ahead with portobello when the course starts as i will finish in shorter amount of time and will be less traveling but i dont want to be wasting my time (again) doing a course which is pretty worthless.
Oh ive also contaced hetac themselves and they said portobello had no right saying that their course would be hetac acredited before the course started.


