We love this school. My son has been thriving since we enrolled him. The teachers care so much, they are so patient and do a great job re directing the kids in a positive way. My son LOVES to go to school, he loves the friends he has made. Everyone here truly cares about your childs success. The environment they have created for the children is amazing, you cannot anything similar in other schools. I recommend!! read more

We LOVE independence. Our little one started part time and moved to a full time spot. She is thriving in the flower rooms and we plan to stay as she's ready to move up to the next class! I recommend this to everyone with little ones 2 and up! read more

Independence Academy - Preschools Near Me - Broadway, North Carolina

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FIND A BETTER DAYCARE! First experience- After my nephew attended this daycare for about a year I thought about sending my daughter for preschool. After applying and accepting a spot I realized it was not feasible my daughters father was deploying so I had very little help, with all the extra childcare I would pay due to the multiple days off they schedule, them scheduling multiple breaks that did not align with my sons (he attends a public school in the county, like come on you couldn't at least match the county's school calendar), on top of the before and after care I needed to work with my military schedule. I notified the center that my daughter would not be attending. I assumed that would be the end of that and I would keep her at her current daycare. Nope. I recieved an email stating that because my daughter was "on the roster" I had to pay the withdraw fee, along with a month of tuition. They wanted me to pay $984 dollars for my child who never attended the school... When I responded that I would not be paying that they threatened to take me to court. This was resolved with a snarky response from them once I made it clear I never signed the contract agreeing to their fees. Fast forward to more recently. That same nephew had been attending the "school" for almost 2 years when he told my sister his teacher was hitting him. This was taken lightly by my sibling at first until he came home the next day stating his teacher told him not to tell the other teachers. After my sibling reported this the daycare didn't take it seriously. In trying to protect my nephew my sister stated she could not send my nephew back with that teacher working there. The OWNER stated they did a thorough investigation and that they would not be letting the teacher go so she would take that as their formal withdraw (this was after one day of them "investigating"). After some digging we found this teacher plead GUILTY to torture and deprivation of a child. It took me 15 minutes to find this out yet they didn't find it in their "thorough investigation?" They tried to cover themselves by firing the teacher after they found out about her record. Let's be real if they actually cared they would have found it themselves and taken more than a day before letting my sister know the teacher was staying there. To further pour gas into this dumpster fire they then added my sister to a group on the parent messaging app, after my nephew no longer attended the daycare, and gave them a point for good communication. This place is a joke that cares more about money than the children that go there. Go find a place that makes your child and their safety a priority. read more

This is one of the best academic academies that we have ever experienced. To include our time in European academies. Highly recommend due to staff, curriculum, and location. read more

This is an excellent place to take your children in the early years. We've done 2 years of pre-k and summer camps and our child loves going every single day. The staff care about the kids growth and they are great communicators with the parents. My child is emotionally and socially prepared to enter kindergarten anywhere. read more

I've had my sons at several different places in the area and the only one that I've trusted with them is Independence. My sons have all entered public school so far ahead of their peers that their K teachers have had to push them to 1st grade for small groups because no other students in their classes were even close to their reading/math levels. read more

Small school with some potential. This is a good school for learning, but it is not true to the Montessori practice. Some teachers have their hearts in the right place and it is clear that a few care deeply for the happiness of the students. New playground structures and outdoor spaces provide a great outdoor learning environment, but are underutilized. When you walk into some classrooms, the students are obviously engaged and happy. In others it feels like the students are afraid or insecure. Again: it is clear that some teachers care deeply for their students. Others are still learning what it means to truly teach Montessori. My child attended IMA for a while and we could hear teachers angrily shouting and kids throwing tantrums through closed doors most days of the week, including her own class. She was uncomfortable going into another classroom or talking with its teacher because they were "always yelling and is mean." In other Montessori schools, teachers and administrators make a conscious effort to speak calmly with students even in trying situations. And all issues are handled immediately with care. My daughter used to come home complaining of a kid pulling her hair, pushing her, and generally causing problems for the entire class...very little intervention happened even with multiple talks to the teacher. The skills we teach at home and the ones taught at school don't correlate so the behavior continued no matter what we did. She stopped complaining about the hair pulling and acted like it was normal. NOT OKAY. We chose to leave the school this summer for better opportunities elsewhere. One of the teachers that made her uncomfortable with their demeanor is still working there. Several lovely teachers are also still working there. I hope they can positively influence the rest of the school. The administrative staff lack experience in educational administration, Montessori, and transparency with communication to families and staff. The faculty has a high turn-over rate with very few being truly Montessori trained. If ALL administration/employees took AMS or AMI Montessori training, then this could grow into a wonderful center for learning. Right now? On its best day it is a 3 out of 5. read more

I would highly recommend taking your kids anywhere else! The people who run this place have absolutely no idea what they are doing. My son went there for sometime and any time I sent someone to go for a tour with the owner, they always said that they felt like she was cold, uninviting and didn't know what she was talking about when it came to the Montessori curriculum. My son also went three days without being changed one week when we were there. We stayed because it was convenient at the time and were moving soon. The owner will try and screw you over any way she can and tries to make up rules to prove she is right, but she is absolutely wrong. Her leadership shows within this school because my son also had 4 different teachers in a 10 month period of time. They also raised the tuition, which was already higher than most in the area, to cover teacher costs. Obviously, there is some mismanagement in this school. They also have way too many school days off for what you pay to go there. If you are working full-time they make it challenging. An unorganized and unprofessional leader who feels like she can make up any rules she wants depending on her mood of the day. No care for the people or kids that actually go there. It's sad because there are some really great teachers there. I know many other families who go there that have similar problems with the running of the school and how she handles herself. read more