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EW Grand Jury India Preschool Rankings 2023-24

Design Thinking Leaders Social & Emotional Learning
Preschools demonstrating extraordinary capability to Preschools which prioritise social-emotional learning
break away from rote learning, and adopt pedagogies that by incorporating activities that promote self awareness,
encourage development of children’s creative thinking, empathy, emotional regulation and socialisation skills.
collaborative and problem-solving skills.
Rank Rank

India India

1 Legacy School (Montessori), Hennur, Bengaluru 1 Witty World, Borivali, Mumbai
2 EuroKids Preschool, Naranpura, Ahmedabad 2 Little One – The Jaipuria Preschool, Ghaziabad
3 Hasti Pre-primary School, Dondaicha, Nashik 3 Garodia's Academy – A Preschool, Mumbai
4 Aura Learning Mantra, Sama, Vadodara 4 Sunbeam School (Pre-primary), Indiranagar, Varanasi
5 CP Goenka's Spring Buds International Preschool, Ulwe, 4 Vedant International Preschool, Vastral
Navi Mumbai 5 Invictus Early Years, Amritsar
5 Vidyasagar Preschool, Hebbal, Bengaluru 5 Saint Sai Preschool, Ahmedabad
6 Astral Preschool, Nashik 6 Saplings Play School, Bhojpur Road, Bhopal
6 Peepal Tree Preschool, Akshayanagar, Bengaluru 7 Vidyasagar Preschool, JP Nagar, Bengaluru
7 Dnyanpushpa Vidya Niketan, DPVN Kids, Navi Mumbai 8 The Sommer School, Whitefield, Bengaluru
8 Panbai's Flamingo Kids International Preschool, Mumbai 8 NEEV – The Prep School, Vadodara
9 The Mindful Multi Activity Centre — The SEL Way, 9 ExtraMile Preschool, Daycare and Enrichment Centre, Nallagandla
Kandivali, Mumbai 10 The Aga Khan Preschool, Badodar
10 The Aga Khan Preschool, Keshod
10 Cambridge International School (Pre-primary), Miraj, Sangli
We thank the EW grand jury of eminent early
childhood educators for acknowledging the efforts of
“our teachers and support staff to provide a positive
and inclusive learning environment where children’s
emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills are
nurtured. Social-emotional well-being of our children is a
top priority for us with teachers paying special attention
to developing the socialisation and communication
skills of youngest children, encouraging them to express
emotions freely, interact with peers, and develop a
positive self-image. I believe our experiential curriculum,
child-centric teaching-learning pedagogies, and positive
pupil-teacher ratio, have all contributed to creating a
joyous learning environment” — Chaitali Parekh,
centre head, Witty World, Borivali, Mumbai (753
We are elated to be ranked India’s #1 preschool for children and 53 teachers)
design thinking by your eminent jury. It’s validation
“of our efforts to continuously enhance pedagogical
practices and processes to provide an inclusive and
stimulating learning environment to our preschoolers.
Our Montessori curriculum provides an excellent
foundational framework to develop children’s creative
thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
from the early years. Our teachers use age-appropriate
hands-on, inquiry and application-based pedagogies to
stimulate and develop children’s higher order thinking
skills. Moreover, our teachers actively collaborate with
parents to reinforce our pedagogy beyond the classroom”
— Priti Sait, co-founder, Legacy School Montessori,
Bengaluru (135 pupils and 16 teachers)

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