Montessori Connect opened the first non-racial Montessori Pre-primary school in 1980 in the Cape. The initial enrolment was 8 children. One year later the school had 80 children and over 100 on the waiting list. To meet the demand for the pre-primary education, groups of parents united and opened five more schools in the neighbouring areas, modelled on the Workshop. The Montessori Nina Nancy Preschool is one of the latest new school opened.