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Cover Story EW KOLKATA PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2025-26

Kolkata’s most respected proprietary 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)

12 10 7 1 BD Memorial Jr School, Bansdroni 176 82 68 87 77 85 141 80 86 63 945
NR 6 4 2 Verbana Playschool, Khardaha 176 76 67 88 73 84 139 81 82 62 928
3 2 2 3 BD Memorial Jr School, Golf Garden 179 80 63 85 71 86 132 86 79 66 927
5 4 3 4 Mongrace Montessori House, New Town 172 78 70 85 72 83 133 81 78 61 913
2 3 3 4 Prarambh Preschool, BT Road 174 74 63 83 71 86 134 84 81 64 913
1 2 1 5 Bubble Blue, New Town 174 76 63 81 71 84 134 83 79 61 906
10 7 5 5 Casa Dei Bambini, Beltala Road 172 73 67 83 71 82 134 82 79 63 906
12 10 7 6 Arth Preschool, Ghose Bagan 171 72 64 82 72 80 129 76 74 58 878
4 3 3 7 Bubble Blue, Salt Lake 169 70 66 81 68 79 125 74 71 52 855
8 9 8 7 Miranda House, Jessore Road 167 73 65 79 69 78 127 73 71 53 855
7 6 5 8 Mongrace Montessori House, Short Street 162 71 61 81 65 74 124 71 72 52 833
NR 15 12 9 Little Scholars Playschool & Montessori House,
Lake View Road 161 66 66 78 63 76 117 74 65 54 820
13 8 6 10 Little Scholars Playschool & Montessori House,
Sarat Bose Road 152 65 63 74 63 78 119 73 77 51 815
NR NR 13 11 Tulipians Preschool, Dover Lane 155 65 61 77 67 77 116 72 69 54 813
11 11 9 12 Little Steps School, Garden Reach 159 68 62 76 60 73 118 71 70 54 811
8 9 8 13 Young Learners Montessori House, Salt Lake 159 68 62 76 60 73 118 75 67 51 809
NR 16 14 14 Tiny Scholars Montessori School,
(PB Academic School), Tollygunge 164 65 64 79 53 78 115 73 64 43 798
9 12 11 15 Bal Nilaya Montessori, Lake Gardens 165 63 62 76 56 76 112 75 63 43 791
NR 15 11 16 Little Bright Stars Preschool, Gariahat 161 63 62 76 56 76 112 71 63 45 785
14 14 11 17 Little Gems Playschool, Southern Avenue 158 62 63 67 55 74 119 69 59 50 776
NR NR 13 18 Nurturing Minds, BB Block, Salt Lake 163 67 62 71 58 71 105 69 58 46 770
NR NR NR 19 Wings Preschool and Activity Centres, Dover Lane 164 65 64 68 53 73 107 66 61 45 766
NR NR NR 20 Tulips Preschool, Bondel Road 157 63 64 69 53 74 105 68 58 50 761
NR NR NR 21 Podar Prep, Howrah 157 63 64 69 53 74 105 68 58 45 756
19 18 16 22 Small Wonders Preschool, Salt Lake 155 65 63 67 54 72 107 66 57 42 748
17 19 17 23 Little Laureates, Sector 1, Salt Lake 152 60 62 72 49 79 100 69 62 41 746
20 20 18 24 Rahi Kids’ Planet, Howrah 153 56 60 71 47 74 99 65 64 48 737
NR NR 15 25 Nurturing Minds, CK Block, Salt Lake 142 59 55 65 59 61 95 68 55 45 704
15 21 19 26 Small Wonders Preschool, Hungerford Street 148 53 61 57 56 64 90 65 53 48 695
NR NR NR 27 Star Kids, Newtown 129 49 45 67 58 68 95 64 62 43 680

NB: Kolkata’s top-ranked franchised preschools league table see p. 89

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