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Cover Story EW PUNE PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2025-26

Pune’s top-ranked franchised preschools

Rank Competence of teachers (200) Teacher welfare & development (100) Infrastructure provision (75) 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)
2022 2023 2024 2025 (150) quality (100)

4 3 3 1 Podar Prep, Aundh 169 66 68 78 76 75 120 73 78 53 856
3 2 1 2 EuroKids Preschool, Ashok Nagar 166 68 67 76 70 73 124 77 68 54 843
1 4 3 3 Little Millennium, Viman Nagar 166 63 68 78 76 68 118 73 68 53 831
NR 6 5 4 FirstCry Intellitots Preschool, Magarpatta 166 66 63 70 79 81 115 75 67 55 819
NR NR 4 5 Podar Prep, Edden Road, Wakad 161 69 62 66 70 67 112 69 71 55 802
12 10 9 6 EuroKids Preschool, Dhayari 163 62 61 74 68 66 114 61 68 58 795
5 5 4 7 EuroKids Preschool, Aundh 157 67 57 70 69 65 113 73 67 56 794
NR NR NR 8 Podar Prep Plus, Marunji 159 69 61 65 69 70 103 72 68 57 793
NR NR NR 9 Podar Prep, Kothrud 160 67 59 68 62 66 115 75 63 56 791
6 7 6 10 Bachpan Playschool, Dighi 160 60 61 73 74 66 118 63 66 48 789
9 9 11 10 Podar Jumbo Kids, Bavdhan 161 62 59 72 75 67 116 64 63 50 789
NR NR 8 11 Makoons Preschool, Baner 161 60 62 74 67 69 113 69 67 45 787
7 8 9 12 EuroKids Preschool, Viman Nagar 164 62 60 80 66 70 111 69 60 44 786
NR NR NR 13 Podar Prep, Wadgaon 165 64 63 66 71 65 105 62 68 55 784
NR NR 17 14 Little Millennium, Katraj-Kondhwa Road 152 58 61 68 63 70 118 61 66 66 783
10 9 9 15 Hello Kids — Bluebells, Hadapsar 161 57 62 65 65 68 119 64 71 47 779
NR NR 7 16 Makoons Preschool, Wadgaon Sheri 160 60 60 67 71 69 103 68 68 52 778
NR NR NR 17 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Undri 141 64 68 72 67 68 109 68 66 51 774
NR NR NR 18 Podar Jumbo Kids, Sus Road 156 63 59 70 69 68 115 65 64 43 772
NR NR NR 19 FirstCry Intellitots Preschool, Dhanori 139 61 67 69 64 66 110 71 66 50 763
NR NR 10 20 Makoons Preschool, Lodha Bell Mondo 155 66 61 69 66 66 108 64 58 46 759
11 11 12 21 Kangaroo Kids International Preschool, Pimple Saudagar 141 59 57 72 63 64 102 64 67 52 741
14 12 13 22 TIME Kids, Baner 129 69 63 72 64 67 88 68 65 50 735
NR NR 15 23 Little Millennium, Balewadi Highway 132 55 65 71 63 67 107 66 62 46 734
NR NR 16 24 Little Millennium, Wakad 2 133 48 57 67 66 73 112 69 63 45 733
NR NR NR 25 Podar Jumbo Kids, Manchar 131 51 55 66 68 70 110 67 64 47 729
15 13 14 26 Maple Bear Canadian Preschool, Pimple Saudagar 144 50 52 65 70 63 102 57 64 59 726
NR NR 18 27 Little Millennium, Baner, Pashan Link Road 143 54 50 58 63 60 118 66 65 47 724
NR NR 19 28 Little Millennium, Somatane 133 44 61 64 58 67 105 66 65 50 713
13 14 20 29 Kidzee, Viman Nagar 166 63 68 79 78 75 108 74 70 53 703
14 15 21 30 FirstCry Intellitots Preschool, Aundh 137 42 53 69 58 60 104 65 59 49 696
NR NR 24 31 Little Millennium, Wanowrie 146 53 52 58 66 55 90 67 51 53 691

NB: Pune’s best proprietary preschools league table see p.122

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