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Chennai’s best franchised preschools

Rank Competence of teachers (200) Teacher welfare & development (100) Infrastructure 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 provision (75) (150) quality (100)

1 1 2 1 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Thoraipakkam 158 76 58 77 72 76 109 81 67 54 828
4 2 1 2 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Thalambur 153 67 57 79 70 68 117 76 70 62 819
19 3 4 3 SEED School, Pallikaranai 157 75 63 68 66 65 113 64 64 56 791
6 4 3 4 SEED School, LIC, Madipakkam 155 69 60 67 65 67 112 66 66 60 787
7 5 6 5 Hello Kids — Smiley, Sembakkam 152 73 57 72 62 64 110 69 70 56 785
9 8 7 5 Touch Sky — The International Preschool,
Ponniammanmedu 149 74 63 65 69 67 108 65 67 58 785
10 7 7 6 SEED School, Ramapuram 152 70 59 71 70 70 114 68 61 48 783
5 6 5 7 TIME Kids, Kilpauk 151 69 65 72 68 68 112 69 62 46 782
NR NR NR 8 FirstCry Intellitots Preschool, Kelambakkam 158 68 61 72 63 66 108 63 65 53 777
NR 9 8 9 Shanti Juniors, Ambattur 150 63 58 64 68 64 108 70 63 61 769
8 7 8 10 Kidzee, Ambattur 148 62 59 62 67 69 111 72 61 55 766
NR NR 11 10 Little Millennium, Choolaimedu 149 65 62 66 69 62 112 71 62 48 766
12 10 12 11 SEED School, Madambakkam 149 69 53 72 62 71 110 65 57 54 762
13 11 13 12 SEED School, Thiruvanmiyur 147 68 56 69 62 67 102 66 67 54 758
10 9 9 13 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Kattur 147 68 56 69 62 67 102 66 67 51 755
NR NR 15 14 The Alpha Millennium International Preschool,
Rajakilpakkam 147 65 66 68 61 71 101 59 61 52 751
NR NR 16 15 Little Millennium, Kodambakkam 140 63 61 65 61 72 109 62 62 53 748
11 10 11 16 Little Elly Preschool, Velachery 150 63 55 63 61 71 107 63 56 55 744
NR NR 13 16 Little Millennium, Kodungaiyur 140 57 55 67 61 69 116 71 60 48 744
NR NR 10 17 Little Millennium, Ambattur 156 61 60 61 63 58 111 63 61 46 740
NR NR 16 18 Little Millennium, Periyar Nagar 153 59 61 72 66 67 96 61 57 47 739
15 14 18 19 Hello Kids — Sparkle, Kolapakkam 138 56 53 64 63 65 105 67 64 53 728
NR NR NR 19 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Mugalivakkam 129 58 55 65 68 64 107 67 63 52 728
13 12 14 20 SEED School, Medavakkam 147 53 60 68 67 67 99 62 56 48 727
22 13 17 21 Seed School, Velachery 147 52 64 62 64 60 103 62 62 49 725
16 15 19 22 Kidzee, Anna Nagar 146 61 50 60 59 67 99 64 64 41 711
NR NR NR 23 Seed School, Adayar 136 57 54 67 61 62 99 68 57 49 710
NR NR 22 24 Little Millennium, Kattupakkam 142 53 62 65 63 63 90 62 60 48 708
NR 18 23 25 SEED School, Adambakkam 135 58 51 59 62 72 97 64 59 47 704
14 17 21 26 SEED School, Iyyappanthangal 134 60 52 66 62 64 96 68 54 47 703
NR NR 25 27 Little Millennium, Mahalingapuram 138 53 60 68 59 66 89 61 57 47 698
17 16 20 28 SEED School, Perumbakkam 135 58 51 64 55 65 96 64 59 46 693
18 19 24 29 SEED School, Tansi Nagar, Velachery 132 58 50 62 57 60 91 66 62 52 690
23 22 26 30 Little Millennium, Madipakkam 142 49 61 70 60 68 88 58 54 39 689
NR NR NR 30 Podar Jumbo Kids Plus, Gerugambakkam 133 51 60 65 60 64 91 61 60 44 689

NB: Kolkata’s top-ranked proprietary preschools league table see p.94

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