Knysna Montessori School was founded in 1997 under the auspices of the BMS Trust when founder, Taddy Beyeleveld, introduced Montessori Methodology and Philosophy to her groups of young children in a Pre-school environment. The school has since grown to a fully fledged Pre-school, Junior and High School and the first Montessori Matriculants wrote the IEB examinations in 2008.