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Cover Story EW India Preschool Rankings 2025-26

Rajkot most admired 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)
2024 2025 (150) quality (100)

1 1 Little Millennium, Sadhu Vasvani Road 164 66 68 71 61 70 113 73 63 61 810
2 2 Little Millennium, Limbudiwadi 161 62 65 66 64 69 107 76 61 64 795
NR 3 Podar Prep, Sadhu Vaswani Road 157 67 68 61 60 68 101 67 60 45 754
NR 4 Podar Prep Akshar Marg 155 67 68 61 60 68 101 67 60 45 752
NR 5 Podar Prep 132 62 61 72 61 70 112 68 63 48 749
NR 6 Hello Kids, Adarsh 137 64 50 68 65 62 99 64 64 51 724

Surat most admired 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)
2024 2025 (150) quality (100)

2 1 Little Millennium, Dabholi Ved 159 59 70 74 74 79 120 75 69 53 832
1 2 Little Millennium, New City 167 63 68 77 82 75 108 72 67 52 831
NR 3 CuCuClay School 160 63 72 77 66 77 118 68 68 55 824
3 4 Little Millennium, Pal RTO 144 63 51 61 61 65 102 65 63 48 723
NR 5 Podar Prep 148 56 60 56 59 60 95 69 62 45 710

Greater Noida most admired 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)

2024 2025 (150) quality (100)

NR 1 Makoons Preschool, Tech Zone-4 161 74 72 86 77 77 115 78 80 70 890
NR 2 Hello Kids, Cuddle Bugs 164 65 70 76 69 77 113 77 67 63 841
NR 3 JBM Smart Start 155 73 54 78 73 66 115 77 82 59 832
NR 4 Peas in Pod Pre School, Stellar Jeevan Branch 160 70 56 69 73 76 122 66 70 68 830
NR 5 Peas in Pod, Nirala Aspire 155 67 60 76 69 79 115 75 77 54 827
4 6 Makoons Preschool, Panchsheel Greens 1 171 65 61 78 64 65 111 72 66 67 820
NR 7 White Canvas Preschool, NS-53 167 73 43 65 74 70 118 62 71 61 804

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