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Rank Competence of teachers (200) Teacher welfare & development (100) Infrastructure Individual attention to students (100) Value for money (100) Parental involvement (100) Curriculum & pedagogy Safety and hygiene (100) Leadership / management Special needs education (100) TOTAL SCORE (1125)
2021 2022 2023 2024 provision (75) (150) quality (100)

NR 24 28 26 Spring Buds International Preschool, Kandivali (West) 153 67 63 76 67 76 111 79 70 54 816
NR NR 30 27 Ronak Global Academy, Charni Road, Girgaum 151 66 59 76 63 78 108 79 73 54 807
NR NR 29 28 Mindseed Preschool & Day Care, Mahim 148 64 60 77 66 79 112 74 71 55 806
NR NR NR 29 Hopping Bunnies Preschool, Goregaon (East) 148 63 56 73 60 75 106 77 70 51 779
NR NR 31 30 First Impressions Preschool, Mulund (W) 148 65 55 74 57 69 102 73 71 56 770
NR NR NR 30 Bees & Cubs (Nahar International School), Chandivali 147 63 61 70 56 69 104 72 73 55 770
NR NR 32 31 Panbai’s Flamingo Kids International Preschool,
Santacruz (E) 146 64 61 70 57 74 103 79 64 51 769
NR 26 33 32 Small Wonders Preschool, Khar (W) 145 62 56 75 62 80 106 62 67 45 760
NR 28 34 33 Kothari Starz, Prabhadevi 140 61 55 74 60 70 100 66 67 47 740
NR NR 35 34 Munchkids Preschool, Charkop 139 61 55 73 57 72 100 74 63 40 734
NR 29 36 35 Spring Buds International Preschool, Gorai 140 58 54 76 55 69 97 76 64 43 732
NR 31 37 36 Xavier Child Development Centre, Borivali (E) 137 57 60 78 52 70 99 67 67 42 729
NR NR 37 37 Peppy Hearts Preschool, Ghatkopar (E) 139 60 57 73 57 70 96 72 61 41 726
NR 33 39 37 Chip & Dale Preschool, Ghatkopar (W) 141 60 49 71 54 75 99 73 60 44 726
NR 32 38 38 Ryan Shalom Montessori (ICSE), Malad 140 58 53 74 52 68 96 69 63 46 719
NR 36 39 39 Magic Beans Preschool, Kemp’s Corner 137 58 56 67 52 71 98 69 60 43 711
NR NR NR 40 Kido International Preschool & Daycare, JB Nagar 137 56 50 73 52 73 95 64 60 44 704
NR 38 41 41 Leaping Feat Preschool, Byculla (West) 139 54 55 68 51 68 91 59 59 42 686
23 37 40 42 Mindseed Preschool & Daycare, Sion (East) 135 53 49 70 49 70 92 61 58 47 684

children joyful learning. I am especially satisfied with our
highest scores under competence of teachers, individual
attention to students, and parental involvement, and high
score for curriculum and pedagogy. They are testimony
to the high priority we give to holistic development of
children under our care. Our objective is to PREPare
children for life. Towards this end we have designed a
Glocal curriculum combining India’s NEP 2020, the UK’s
Early Years Foundation Stage, and Australia’s Early Years
Learning Framework; adopted S.T.R.E.A.M-based learn-
ing, storytelling pedagogies; and integrated Symphonics
and Number Magic programs mandated by the NIPUN
Bharat literacy and numeracy development guidelines.
Over the next year, we plan to increase investment in
teacher empowerment and curriculum enhancement,
Our reaction is one of pride, gratitude, and fulfil- to continue setting new benchmarks in early childhood
ment that Podar Prep is ranked Mumbai’s #1 pre- education” — Dr. Swati Popat Vats, President, Podar
“school for the fifth consecutive year. This is valida- Education Network which has 452 proprietary and
tion of our commitment to excellence and the dedication franchise preschools with an aggregate enrolment of
of our management, teachers, and parents to provide our 48,000 children and 2,000 teachers countrywide

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