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Cover Story EW CHENNAI PRESCHOOL RANKINGS 2025-26

Chennai’s top-ranked 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)

3 2 1 1 Srishti Montessori School, Nungambakkam 173 86 66 83 73 82 129 78 76 70 916
6 3 2 2 KinderNest — An Early Learning Centre, KK Nagar 175 72 68 80 78 77 120 80 82 66 898
7 4 2 2 Kido Amelio International Preschool & Daycare, Siruseri 171 79 66 81 77 78 127 76 77 66 898
NR 5 3 3 The Alpha Millennium International Preschool, Adyar 171 78 61 76 79 75 125 79 75 55 874
10 6 4 4 Formula5 Kids College, Thiruvottiyur 172 72 67 70 74 80 122 72 74 56 859
8 7 5 4 Touch Sky — The International Preschool,
Vinayagapuram 169 71 66 71 73 75 124 76 75 58 858
NR NR 6 5 Kido Amelio International Preschool & Daycare,
Mahindra World City 166 73 61 73 73 81 121 75 74 58 855
13 9 7 6 London Montessori School, Velachery 170 81 69 63 73 66 111 71 70 73 847
NR NR 8 7 Kido Amelio International Preschool & Daycare, DLF,
Cyber City 172 68 63 78 65 79 117 67 70 60 839
NR NR 9 8 Kara4Kids, Porur 161 71 58 67 76 60 120 63 78 83 837
NR NR 8 9 Kido Amelio International Preschool & Daycare, MEPZ 161 65 62 75 81 74 119 70 71 57 835
9 8 6 10 SEED School, Saligramam 166 71 64 74 71 70 116 73 71 56 832
9 8 7 10 Touch Sky — The International Preschool,
Teacher’s Colony 167 78 66 73 73 69 108 75 71 52 832
12 10 9 11 Arise ‘n’ Shine, Periyar Nagar 175 67 64 69 72 73 109 68 79 54 830
NR 16 13 12 Touch Sky — The International Preschool,
Poompuhar Nagar, Kolathur 166 69 60 64 68 68 108 73 81 69 826
14 9 7 13 Redwood Montessori School, Besant Nagar 157 67 64 70 85 74 116 68 68 52 821
NR NR 11 14 Kido Amelio International Preschool & Daycare, Ascendas 164 68 58 73 71 76 116 72 68 54 820
NR NR 17 15 Kido Amelio International Preschool & Daycare, Gateway 158 59 65 70 61 65 110 69 66 65 788
16 13 12 16 Elemenopy Preschool, Nungambakkam 158 59 65 70 61 65 110 69 62 65 784
NR NR 14 17 Kido International Preschool & Daycare, ESTZ 163 56 58 68 65 72 109 62 70 51 774
NR NR 15 18 Kido Amelio International Preschool & Daycare,
Sholinganallur 155 67 60 63 64 66 112 64 72 47 770
NR 20 22 18 Rize ‘N’ Shine — The International Preschool, Kallikuppam 154 45 59 65 66 70 118 71 69 53 770
NR 15 16 19 HISTAR - Hindustan International Preschool, Padur 149 58 65 67 63 73 107 66 65 55 768
21 18 19 19 aLphabet International School, St. Mary’s Road 151 59 51 69 68 70 108 68 68 56 768
18 17 18 20 SEED School, Porur 151 57 60 72 66 71 106 65 60 57 765
NR NR 16 21 HISTAR - Hindustan International Preschool,
St. Thomas Mount 149 67 63 66 59 66 102 59 73 56 760
NR NR NR 22 Kido International Preschool and Daycare, Chengalpattu 164 68 60 69 61 68 101 56 61 51 759
24 20 18 23 Pebbles Preschool, Thiruvanmiyur 141 54 58 70 62 71 99 64 69 55 743
19 14 15 24 KinderNest — An Early Learning Centre, Anna Nagar 153 54 48 67 62 64 108 65 64 54 739
15 11 10 25 C.H.I.L.D. Preschool, Gerugambakkam 135 62 59 64 65 60 107 68 62 46 728
25 21 21 26 SEED School, Nanganallur 139 59 44 69 66 66 100 64 63 52 722
NR NR NR 27 Kido International Preschool and Daycare -
DLF Downtown 126 47 61 74 57 71 110 70 57 43 716
20 19 20 28 Patasala Montessori School, Nungambakkam 149 52 42 71 64 67 100 61 58 49 713
NR NR NR 29 The Champs Global School, Kotivakkam 138 55 53 60 62 68 99 62 59 45 701

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