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Cover Story EW THANE PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2025-26

Thane’s best 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)
2023 2024 2025 (150) quality (100)

NR 1 1 The Learning Curve, Mira Road, Shanti Park 162 61 62 70 72 71 120 73 68 61 820
1 2 2 EuroKids Preschool, Pendharkar Road, Dombivali (E) 155 62 65 73 71 72 109 66 67 59 799
7 5 3 Makoons Preschool, Off Ghodbunder Road 146 60 57 74 66 74 113 65 67 52 774
4 5 4 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Dombivali (East) 146 59 60 72 62 69 110 67 68 56 769
NR NR 5 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Virar 143 56 62 73 59 70 110 65 65 42 745
7 8 6 EuroKids Preschool, Palava City 135 61 55 68 60 70 98 65 59 49 720
NR 9 7 Makoons Preschool, Kolshet 135 64 53 71 52 65 103 56 64 51 714
NR 8 8 Makoons Preschool, Samata Nagar 142 62 56 73 59 63 97 57 46 58 713
8 8 9 Podar Prep, Ambernath 138 54 59 67 64 67 99 61 60 43 712
NR 7 10 Makoons Preschool, Ambernath (E) 137 59 58 68 56 69 94 67 53 50 711
NR NR 11 Podar Prep, Vartaknagar 137 55 58 62 62 66 101 65 59 45 710
9 10 12 EuroKids Preschool, Bhayander 131 55 55 73 60 71 102 58 63 41 709
9 9 13 Hello Kids — Blossoms, Dombivali (E) 137 59 63 68 56 66 97 66 58 38 708
NR NR 13 Podar Jumbo Kids, Vasai (W) 131 61 55 66 55 71 100 64 60 45 708
NR NR 14 Podar Jumbo Kids, Plus Dombivali ( E), Milap Nagar 133 53 52 71 63 70 101 58 62 43 706
NR NR 15 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus Dombivali (W ) 135 61 50 64 54 65 101 59 62 54 705
NR NR 16 Little Millennium, Virar (East) 133 58 52 69 57 68 103 62 57 45 704
NR NR 17 Cubs Gurukul Preschool 136 60 61 69 55 66 97 63 55 39 701
NR 11 18 Makoons Preschool, Majiwada 142 44 56 67 51 69 91 70 62 48 700
NR NR 19 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Dombivali ( E) 141 47 55 65 51 68 88 70 61 48 694
10 11 20 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Ghodbunder Road 130 55 46 72 52 73 94 62 56 49 689
NR NR 21 Podar Jumbo Kids, Shahapur 133 54 47 62 54 72 95 65 57 47 686
NR NR 22 Podar Jumbo Kids Samrat - Dombivali 127 48 52 69 52 69 94 56 59 49 675
NR NR 23 Podar Jumbo Kids, Shilphata 125 50 48 67 50 67 95 53 49 50 654
NR 13 24 Makoons Preschool, Brahmand 127 50 50 65 52 67 95 52 47 47 652

We are thrilled to be ranked Thane’s #1 franchised
preschool for the second consecutive year. This
“honour strengthens our commitment to keep raising
the bar and delivering high-quality early childhood care
and education to our 112 children. Highly trained teach-
ers, structured routines, personalised attention, and a
safe, hygienic campus is the secret of our success. All this
plus a strong curriculum backed by skilled teachers pro-
vides ideal foundation for a child’s early years learning.
Therefore, we are grateful to your sample respondents
for recognising our strengths across critical parameters
such as teacher competence, curriculum and pedagogy,
and safety and hygiene. These are our prime focus areas.
Meanwhile by experimenting with innovative learning outcomes joyfully and continuously upgrade our learn-
experiences, age-appropriate technology, and enhanced ing resources” – Saurabh Shah, Director, Learning
safety protocols, we intend to improve children’s learning Curve, Mira Road (112 students, 12 teachers).

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