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National Top 10 Preschools league table

India Parental involvement (100) Curriculum & pedagogy Safety and hygiene (100) Leadership / management TOTAL SCORE (1125)
Rank Competence of teachers (200) Teacher welfare & development (100) Infrastructure provision (75) Individual attention to students (100) Value for money (100) Special needs education (100)
2024 2025 (150) quality (100)

1 1 Nita Mukesh Ambani Junior School — Early Years Campus, Mumbai 191 93 71 94 87 96 145 91 95 86 1049
#1 Mumbai
1 2 Healthy Planet TGA Early Years, Wish Town, Noida
#1 Noida 188 92 72 93 88 92 141 91 92 84 1033
2 2 Kai Early Years, Whitefield, Bengaluru 189 92 70 92 87 93 142 90 93 85 1033
#1 Bengaluru
3 3 Besant Montessori School, Juhu, Mumbai 188 89 70 92 93 90 146 89 89 64 1010
#2 Mumbai
5 4 The Gaudium School (Pre-Primary), Nanakramguda 179 81 70 90 84 87 141 84 89 68 973
#1 Hyderabad
4 5 Swarnim International Preschool, NSC Bose Road, Kolkata 182 81 69 81 83 89 137 81 93 71 967
#1 Kolkata
6 6 Amiown -- Amity’s Caring Preschool, Sector 27, Gurugram 177 82 69 86 83 86 140 80 87 66 956
#1 Gurugram
7 7 The Magic Years, Vasant Vihar, Delhi 180 84 65 84 80 80 141 88 83 70 955
#1 Delhi
9 8 DPS Kidszone, Neelbad, Bhopal 173 86 72 88 75 81 138 84 80 71 948
#1 Bhopal
10 8 Teeny Boppers Playschool, Visakhapatnam 175 86 71 90 75 80 139 85 79 68 948
#1 Visakhapatnam
NR 9 Siate Felici, Jubilee Hillls 171 75 64 85 81 86 129 82 91 66 930
#1 Hyderabad
8 10 Vaels International School -- Nursery & Primary, Neelankarai, Chennai 176 79 69 81 76 86 123 76 81 66 913
# 1 Chennai

children. At NMAJS-EYC, we believe that an excellent
early childhood programme rests on interconnected
parameters: teacher efficacy; rigorous, well-sequenced
curriculum; strong, trusting home-school partnership;
culture of growth mindset; and a safe, nurturing, and
inspiring environment. It is heartening that under all
core parameters — competence of teachers, teacher
welfare and development, curriculum and pedagogy,
parental involvement and safety and hygiene — we have
been awarded top score. Our early childhood education
philosophy is rooted in educating the whole child.
Children inquire, express, imagine, and create across
disciplines — art, music, movement, storytelling, and
physical exploration. This transdisciplinary, child-centred
We are deeply honoured that NMAJS-EYC has been design is what makes NMAJS-EYC truly unique” — Isha
voted India’s #1 preschool for the second consecutive Ambani Piramal, Vice-Chairperson, Nita Mukesh
“year. Guided by the grand vision of my mother Ambani Junior School & Dhirubhai Ambani International
— Nita Ambani — we are developing the curiosity, School, Mumbai (NMAJS-EYC: 184 students and 43
confidence and passion for lifelong learning in youngest teachers)

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