Serving families in Reston
Montessori near Reston, chosen by Reston families since 1997.
Reston Town Center, South Lakes, & North Point parents who need real work hours and real Montessori choose our Chantilly campus for both.
Reston, Virginia
When the school day has to match a Reston workday.
Reston families do not need a brochure that romanticizes childhood. You need a school that opens early enough for a Town Center stand-up, holds a full morning of real work for your child, and stays open late enough that South Lakes and North Point pickups do not scramble.
Montessori School of Fairfax sits at 3411 Lees Corner Road in Chantilly. We have educated children ages 18 months to 12 years here since 1997, with about 130 students and a 3:1 Toddler ratio. Reston parents who choose us are usually professionals who refuse to trade substance for coverage. We built the day so you do not have to choose.
The drive
About 15 minutes via Fairfax County Parkway.
From Reston Town Center, South Lakes, or North Point, the usual route is Fairfax County Parkway south toward Lees Corner Road. In ordinary traffic the trip is about 15 minutes. Drop-off is short, calm, & repeatable.
Morning arrival is built for working parents: park, walk your child to the room, hand off to a familiar guide, and leave without a lobby performance. Afternoons reverse the same path. You are not inventing a new logistics system every term.
- About 15 minutes from Reston via Fairfax County Parkway
- Drop-off that respects a hard start to your workday
- One campus address to share with caregivers
- Pickup window through 6:00 p.m.
Why Reston families choose MSOFx
Coverage from 7 to 6, with a real school in between.
Plenty of places will hold your child until a late meeting ends. Fewer spend those hours teaching independence you can watch develop.
Hours built for dual careers
Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and care continues through 6:00 p.m. Before-care and after-care are part of the school day, not an afterthought on a half-day program.
Independence you can measure
In Toddler, a 3:1 ratio means someone is free to coach pouring, dressing, & language without rushing the child who needs one more try. A five-year-old lays out the golden beads to add four-digit numbers, then puts every bar back & chooses the next work without an adult narrating each step.
A record Reston can verify
We opened in 1997. We are independent, locally rooted, & small on purpose at about 130 children. Reston parents who compare options keep coming back to long practice, low ratios, & a campus that still knows names.
Program fit
Before-care, the work cycle, then after-care.
For a Reston commute, the program map matters as much as the method. Your child can start in before-care, move into the uninterrupted morning work cycle, and stay into Enrichment when your return runs late. Toddler, Early Childhood, Kindergarten, Elementary, & Enrichment share one campus, so siblings share one address and one community.
That structure is why working Reston families stay. You are not stitching together a nanny, a preschool, & separate after-care. You enroll in one school day from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. that treats the middle hours as education, not storage. See how levels connect on our programs overview, read where we draw the line in Montessori versus daycare in Fairfax County, then walk a morning with us.
Reston FAQ
Questions Reston parents ask first.
What time does before-care open for Reston commuters?
Doors open at 7:30 a.m., so a Reston parent can drop off, take Fairfax County Parkway south, and still reach a typical Tysons, Dulles, or downtown window without racing. After-care runs through 6:00 p.m. Hours and room assignment for your child's level are confirmed on your visit.
Is a 15-minute drive from Reston worth it for Montessori?
Families who make that choice usually care more about what happens between drop-off and pickup than about the clock. You get trained guides, mixed-age classrooms, & a 3:1 toddler ratio at a school that has done this work in Chantilly since 1997. The commute keeps weekdays sane without putting your child in a program built only around your calendar.
Do other Reston families already attend MSOFx?
Yes. Reston is a regular part of our community, alongside neighbors from Herndon, Oak Hill, & Centreville. You will meet other dual-career households who picked the school for the same reason you are reading this page: full-day coverage with substance in the middle, not daycare with a Montessori label.
Ready to see a morning that fits a Reston workday? Schedule a Visit, review programs by age, or return to areas we serve if you are comparing towns.