Kerry Montessori Achieves Major Business Accolade
Mounthawk Montessori School Named Montessori School Of The Year 2022
The Tralee based Mounthawk Montessori has been named Montessori School Of The Year 2022 by the All-Ireland Business Foundation.
Mounthawk Montessori offers high-quality care from its state of the art purpose built premises, on the Mounthawk Roundabout, Fenit Road, Clogherbrien, Tralee.
Its Post Graduate Diploma led team offers a high-quality programme of care that will enhance every child’s early years experiences and development.
Mounthawk Montessori School & Busy Bees Nursery and Afterschool Club’s second Business All-Star Accreditation comes in recognition of the company’s commitment to its community.
Business All-Star Accreditation is an independently verified standard mark for indigenous businesses, based on rigorous selection criteria.
The Accreditation is overseen by the prestigious All-Ireland Business Foundation, whose adjudication panel is chaired by Dr Briga Hynes of the University of Limerick and Kieran Ring, CEO of the Global Institute of Logistics.
Reacting to the announcement, Mounthawk Montessori School CEO & Founder Susan Quirke Crowley said: ’On behalf of our team, children and families at Mounthawk & Maureen’s, we are thrilled to accept this honour from the All-Ireland Business Foundation . Established in 1999 , Mounthawk Montessori School & Busy Bees Nursery & Afterschool Club along with our sister service Maureen’s Childcare (Est. 2003) , offer high quality Early Childhood Care and Education to the children and families in our community, from our State of the Art , Purpose Built Centres in Tralee. Susan Quirke-Crowley accepted the Award stating that ‘our service has grown from a humble sessional service catering for 10 children , started by my Mum , Maureen Quirke , friend , General Manager Helena Wallace Dowling & I , to centres catering for 120 children and their families. We owe our success to our wonderful teams, led by Centre Managers Liz Quirke & Katie O’Sullivan. Our motto is ‘Quirke’s for Quality ‘ and we strive for this ,in our family owned and operated services every day . ”
Deputy Chair on the Adjudication Board Kieran Ring, said in support of the announcement: “Mounthawk Montessori School has achieved All-Ireland All-Star Montessori School Of The Year 2022 Accreditation, in recognition of the company’s commitment to its community. Furthermore we wish to recognise Mounthawk Montessori School’s conduct in the areas of trust, commitment, performance & customer-centricity. Mounthawk Montessori School is hereby included in the AIBF Register Of Irish Business Excellence for the second year in a row.”
Managing Director of the All-Ireland Business Foundation Kapil Khanna said “We evaluate a company’s background, trustworthiness and performance, and we speak to customers, employees and vendors. We also anonymously approach the company as a customer and report back on the experience. The business goes through at least two interviews and is scored on every part of the process against set metrics.”
The All-Ireland Business Foundation (AIBF) is an autonomous national accreditation body tasked with enterprise development and the promotion of Best-in-Class in Irish business identified by the AIBF’s Business All-Star Marque.
