The landlocked Union territory of Delhi popularly known as Delhi NCT (national capital territory), which includes the country’s administrative capital New Delhi‚ is a bustling cosmopolitan megalopolis. The seat of India’s Central government, judiciary, and diplomatic corps and a hub of trade, culture and literature, Delhi NCT hosts the headquarters of several of India’s blue-chip real estate, agrochemicals, retail, IT/ITES and manufacturing industries and chalked up a GSDP (gross state domestic product) growth rate of 8.1 percent in 2020-21.
Hosting a large population of young professionals with school-going children, the national capital has witnessed a steadily rising demand for quality preschool to higher education.
The top schools in Delhi comprise an eclectic mix of vintage schools such as Springdales School, Pusa Road (estb.1968), The Mother’s International School (1956) and Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (1957), and Cambridge School, Srinivaspuri (1931) and relatively new greenfield schools like Maxfort School, Sri Venkateswara International School and Nirmal Bhartia. Delhi NCT also boasts several nationally reputed higher education and research institutions such as the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Technological University, National Law University and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, among others.
CBSE schools
The Mother’s International School
The Mother’s International School (MIS), New Delhi is an English-medium co-educational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi and offers classes from pre-primary to senior secondary. The school is sited on a calm and serene campus…more
Vasant Valley School, New Delhi is a co-educational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Established in 1990, it is a self-financing school and is ranked second among co-ed day schools in India in the Educati… more
Nirmal Bhartia School, Dwarka, New Delhi
Established in 2005, Nirmal Bhartia School (NiBS) is a coeducational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). NiBS was founded on the premise that a true, whole or meaningful education must be a deep, and organic… more
Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri, Delhi
Sanskriti School, Delhi is a recognized integrated co-educational school with affiliation with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which offers education from classes nursery to XII. Located in the diplomatic area of Chanakyapuri in N… more
Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi
Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan in Delhi is a coeducational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Run by the Springdales School society in New Delhi, the Springdales School Dhaula Kuan branch opened… more
Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (SPV) is a co-educational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Sited at Lodi estate in New Delhi, the school was promoted in 1957 by the Gujarat Education Society and boasts … more
Ahlcon International School, New Delhi
Ahlcon International School is an English-medium co-ed day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) which offers K-12 education. Established in 2001, the unique location of the school in East Delhi (Mayur Vihar) and its reputation as a vibrant centre of…more
Springdales Public School Pusa Road, Delhi
Springdales Public School is a co-educational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It was established in 1955 by Rajni Kumar, the chairperson of Springdales Education Society and her late husband Yudishter Kumar, barrister at law and senior…more
The Heritage School, Rohini, Delhi
Founded by N.C. Jain in 2003, The Heritage School, Rohini, Delhi is a CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) affiliated, co-educational, English medium school offering education from preschool to class XII. Teaching-learning at the school is … more
Bluebells School International
Blue Bells School International is an English-medium coeducational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi offering education from pre-primary to senior secondary level. It was established in 1957… more
Sri Venkateshwar International School
Sri Venkateshwar International School (VIS), Sector 18, Dwarka, New Delhi is a coeducational day school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) New Delhi. It was established in 2006. It is the second branch of the Venkat… more
Montfort Senior Secondary School, Delhi
Montfort Senior Secondary School is a co-educational unaided Catholic minority day-school run by the Society of the Brothers of St. Gabriel affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It was established in 1970. Although it is a Christian institution, admission to… more
Delhi Public School (DPS), Rohini is a coeducational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi and boasts a healthy teacher-student ratio of 1:20. The senior secondary public school was promoted in 1995 under the aegis…more
Modern School Vasant Vihar, Delhi
Promoted in 1975, Modern School, Vasant Vihar is a co-educational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Back in 1920, at a time when education was considered to be the privilege of only the rich, Lala Raghubir Singh envisioned a school that… more
Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura
Bal Bharati Public School (BBPS), Pitampura is a coeducational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. The school was promoted in 1984 by the Child Education Society to cater to the needs of the resid… more
Apeejay School Pitampura, Delhi
Apeejay School, Pitampura, Delhi is a co-educational day school affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and offers the All India Secondary and Senior Secondary Examinations. The school admitted its first batch of kindergarten and class I students in May 1990… more
Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, Delhi
Amity International School (AIS), Pushp Vihar, New Delhi is the latest addition to the chain of educational institutions promoted by Ritnand Balved Education Foundation (RBEF). AIS is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)… more
Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar (TISVV) is a co-educational English medium senior secondary school promoted in 1972 by Dr. Hari Sen. Named after Rabindranath Tagore, the school is run under the aegis of the Tagore Education Society. Tago… more
ICSE Schools
The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi
The Shri Ram School, Delhi is a progressive, child-centered, co-educational private school affiliated to the Council for The Indian School Certificate Examinations; the school also offers the IB Diploma Programme (since January 2005), administered by the International Baccalaureate… more
Frank Anthony Public School (FAPS), Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi is an English medium coeducational day school founded by Mr. Frank Anthony in 1959. Affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi, the school offers education from Nursery through class XII. The school was promoted…more
