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Cover Story EW GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2025-26

Girls Boarding Schools all-India league table

Rank Teacher welfare & development (100) Competence of faculty (200) Academic reputation (100) Co-curricular education & internationalism (100) Sports education (100) Curriculum & pedagogy (100) Individual attention to students (100) Leadership / management Safety & hygiene (100) Infrastructure provision Pastoral care (100) Mental & emotional well- being services (100) Value f
2022 2023 2024 2025 quality (100) (100)

2 1 2 1+ Welham Girls School, Dehradun 86 182 92 93 84 87 86 88 84 84 90 93 89 77 1315
3 2 2 1 Ecole Globale International Girls School,
Dehradun 87 178 89 94 85 89 85 90 85 92 91 83 70 81 1315
7 3 3 2 Unison World School, Dehradun 86 182 84 89 86 87 89 85 85 86 85 79 81 79 1283
5 4 4 3 Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani 85 171 80 91 89 85 80 88 88 87 87 81 85 84 1281
3 3 4 3 Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer 85 181 88 86 85 83 80 86 87 83 84 87 87 79 1281
8 6 5 4 Heritage Girls School, Udaipur 79 177 85 88 86 86 81 89 84 89 91 77 88 73 1273
6 5 6 5 Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar 81 170 80 85 78 79 83 87 89 85 84 82 81 86 1250
8 9 7 6 Vantage Hall Girls’ Residential School,
Dehradun 83 177 85 80 77 80 81 87 83 80 80 86 82 75 1236
13 12 8 7 Shree Vallabh Ashram’s MCM Kothari
International Girls Residential School, Valsad 80 169 81 83 85 76 79 84 81 82 79 82 80 79 1220
4 4 6 8 Hopetown Girls School, Dehradun 80 179 81 85 80 79 79 81 79 80 81 81 77 75 1217
10 7 9 9 The Doon Girls School, Dehradun 83 172 81 86 84 70 73 82 85 83 78 82 76 77 1212
11 14 10 10 Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School (Girls),
Mussoorie 81 155 81 83 79 76 81 83 77 78 81 80 79 79 1193
14 10 11 11 Shah Satnam Ji Girls School, Sirsa 75 173 77 80 71 68 77 79 77 81 76 82 75 80 1171
9 8 7 12 Mody School, Lakshmangarh 74 163 76 80 68 74 78 84 77 78 78 74 77 75 1156
11 13 10 13 Avasara Academy, Pune 77 159 78 66 73 73 75 81 77 76 75 77 75 78 1140
NR 18 14 14 Leeladevi Parasmal Sancheti English
Medium Sr Sec School, Pali 73 149 80 73 78 75 71 78 71 83 78 76 72 70 1127
12 15 12 15 Ashok Hall Girls Residential School,
Ranikhet 71 143 76 79 77 73 79 76 85 77 63 68 82 72 1121
10 11 13 16 Shigally Hill International Academy,
Dehradun 77 151 72 76 82 79 66 69 82 67 81 69 62 80 1113
14 16 15 17 Chaman Vatika Gurukul, Ambala 77 128 74 72 73 76 86 73 83 81 73 70 72 69 1107
NR 17 16 18 Nicholson Syrian Girls Higher Secondary
School, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvalla 69 132 72 73 73 73 72 73 69 72 69 73 73 68 1061

I am delighted that after being second ranked
for two years, your sample respondents have
“ranked us India’s #1 girls boarding school of
2025-26. I attribute this promotion to our institu-
tional culture of accepting challenges and respond-
ing with determination. Credit for this achievement
should accrue to our visionary board of governors
and management who have invested the principal
and faculty wide power and freedom to implement
new pedagogies and best practices in administra-
tion. Our highest score under the parameter of
leadership is a tribute to them.
While I am satisfied with the high scores award-
ed to Ecole Globale under all parameters of girls
boarding school excellence, I am especially pleased
with the top scores awarded to us under several

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