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Cover Story EW DELHI PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2025-26

Parameters of Excellence: Delhi’s Top 10 Preschools

(across both categories)

o compile the ew india preschool rankings 2025-26 Rank Teacher welfare and
league tables of early childhood care and education development Rating
T(ECCE) institutions, 1,500 preschools were short- 2022 2023 2024 2025 (100)
listed by EducationWorld, of whom 959 were sufficiently
well-known to be assessed by the respondents database 2 2 1 1 Pathways Early Years, Greater Kailash 89
comprising 3,300 parents with at least one child in pre- NR 9 7 2 Mount Abu Junior School, Rohini 88
school, teachers/educationists, across 10 parameters of 4 3 5 3 Little Pearls Playschool, Vasant Vihar 87
ECCE excellence. 6 8 5 4 Amiown — Amity’s Caring Preschool, 85

Pushp Vihar
Sample respondents in 19 cities were asked to rate pre-
schools in their civic limits on 10 parameters — compe- NR NR 9 5 Ryan Shalom Montessori, Sector 16, 84

Rohini
tence of teachers, individual attention to children, value for NR NR 10 6 AACRRON Early Learning Centre,
money, leadership quality, parental involvement, curricu- Hargobind Enclave 83
lum and pedagogy, infrastructure, safety and hygiene, and 1 1 3 6 Step by Step Nursery School,
teacher welfare and development. Panchsheel Park 83
The scores awarded under each of these 10 parameters 7 6 2 7 Petals Preschool & Daycare, Nirman
were aggregated to rank the most preferred preschools un- Vihar 81
der two categories — proprietary and franchised — in 19 5 4 1 8 Wonderland Playschool, Chanakyapuri 80
cities. The rankings of Delhi’s Top 10 preschools (across NR NR 9 8 Taurus Army Pre-Primary School,
proprietary and franchise preschools) under each param- Delhi Cantt 80
eter of ECCE excellence are set out below. NR NR 7 9 Cambridge Primary School, New Friends
Colony 79
NR NR NR 10 Tender Feet Nursery School, Vasant Kunj 78

Rank Curriculum and Rating Rank Competence of Rating
2022 2023 2024 2025 pedagogy (150) 2022 2023 2024 2025 teachers (200)

5 2 1 1 Pathways Early Years, Greater Kailash 145 5 3 2 1 Pathways Early Years, Greater Kailash 180
8 4 2 2 Petals Preschool & Daycare, Nirman Vihar 144 1 2 1 2 Step by Step Nursery School, Panchsheel
6 6 3 3 Amiown — Amity’s Caring Preschool, Park 178
Pushp Vihar 143 6 10 3 2 Amiown — Amity’s Caring Preschool,
10 8 5 4 Cambridge Primary School, New Friends Pushp Vihar 178
Colony 142 4 5 6 3 Little Pearls Playschool, Vasant Vihar 176
4 5 7 5 Little Pearls Playschool, Vasant Vihar 141 8 6 3 4 Petals Preschool & Daycare, Nirman Vihar 174
1 3 2 5 Step by Step Nursery School, Panchsheel 9 9 7 5 Cambridge Primary School, New Friends
Park 141 Colony 173
7 10 7 6 Ryan Shalom Montessori, Sector 16, Rohini 140 NR NR NR 5 AACRRON Early Learning Centre,
NR 9 9 7 AACRRON Early Learning Centre, Hargobind Enclave 173
Hargobind Enclave 139 NR NR 8 6 The Shri Ram Wonder Years, Shubham
7 6 5 8 Wonderland Playschool, Chanakyapuri 137 Enclave 172
NR 7 6 8 Aadyant Preschool, Vasant Kunj 137 NR NR 10 6 Mount Abu Junior School, Rohini 172
NR NR NR 8 Tender Feet Nursery School, Vasant Kunj 137 NR NR 9 7 Ryan Shalom Montessori, Sector 16, Rohini 171
NR NR NR 8 The Shri Ram Wonder Years, Sector 13, NR NR NR 7 Tender Feet Nursery School, Vasant Kunj 171
Rohini 137 NR NR NR 8 The Shri Ram Wonder Years, Sector 13,
NR NR 6 9 The Shri Ram Wonder Years, Shubham Rohini 170
Enclave 136 NR NR NR 9 The Shri Ram Wonder Years, Pitampura 169
NR NR NR 9 Taurus Army Pre-Primary School, 7 8 4 10 Wonderland Playschool, Chanakyapuri 168
Delhi Cantt 136
NR 8 6 10 Mount Abu Junior School, Rohini 135 NB: NR=Not Top 10 ranked

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