After more than 20 years in education, Bujak felt he needed a change. On his move to the charity in 2004, he says: "I wanted a national job, where I could make a bigger impact."
The charity's aim is to unify the Montessori movement across the UK, and it administers the Montessori Schools Association (MSA), which offers advice and subsidised training and works to raise the public profile of Montessori education.
Since taking the role, Bujak has helped create 10 regional Montessori bases, got 632 Montessori schools on to the MSA, created the largest Montessori training college in the country and attracted 5,000 members. "Montessori was in a mess when I arrived. They needed someone unbiased and unattached to the ethos of Montessori, like I was."
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