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Every Day Lays a Stone

A child spends more than 13,000 hours in school. Here, every one of them is planned: taught at their own level, by teachers who notice, on a campus that teaches. Day by day, your child grows a little more capable, a little kinder, and a little more unafraid.

Distinctly

Cornerstone

A girl in a maroon kurta draws on the blackboard

Learn at your own level

Every child is taught at their own level and pace. Nobody moves on with a gap. Nobody waits.

  • Taught at their levelGrouped by level for maths and reading, and regrouped as children move.
  • The exact stepWork is marked step by step, so a teacher sees where a child got stuck.
  • No tuition neededExtra help happens inside the school day, with the teacher who knows the gap.
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Your child, at the centre of four

Cornerstones

A cornerstone is the first stone laid in a building. Here, that stone is your child.

Four walls go up around every child. Each one answers a question you’ll ask us, and the gap at the bottom is the way in.

LEARNINGTEACHERSCAMPUSEVERY CHILD · THE WAY IN

Root, Not Rote

What will they learn, and how deeply?

Eight streams, each taught and tracked like maths.

  • The core: maths, languages, science, taught to mastery
  • Sport, arts and making, taught like maths
  • Think first, then use AI and check it
  • Running the school, the campus itself
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Teachers

Learn from teachers who learn, unlearn, relearn.

Sharp minds from many different paths, who love children and never stop learning.

  • A PhD in genetics, an IIT engineer who teaches music, child psychologists
  • Chosen after a demo lesson with real children
  • Trained before term and again mid-year
  • Founders in the school every day
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A Campus That Teaches

Where will my child spend the day?

Lime, earth, stone and shade. Every wall, tree and slope is something to climb on or test.

  • A shadow stick on the roof, a rain chain to a glass tank
  • Room to climb, run and fall safely
  • Cooled by a verandah and a brick jaali, not AC
  • Football on the Gurukul turf, today
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Every Child

Will my child get the attention they need?

Taught at their own level, in small groups, until it’s theirs.

  • Teachers who notice the exact step
  • Small groups, re-formed as children move
  • Extra help inside the school day, so no tuition
  • Nobody moves on with a gap, or is held back by the class
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“A child is taught at their level one day. The next day they put up a hand, and the teacher says, ‘What a good question.’”
ASEEM KHARE, CO-FOUNDER

What makes Cornerstone different

Four Things You’ll Notice

  • Extra help happens inside the school day.

    See how →

  • Maths, science and languages at each child’s own level, until it’s theirs.

    See how →

  • Coached sport and a show every term, tracked the way maths is.

    See the streams →

  • Weekly papers and assessments, with maths and English Olympiad practice in school.

    See how we test →

Portrait of a Cornerstone child

Sixteen, and Ready for 2040

A child who joins Neev at 3 in 2027 is 16 in 2040. By then machines will write much of what they read, and their first job may not have a name yet. One thing keeps a child relevant: a strong core of being capable, kind and unafraid.

Tap a word to see the habits that build it

Can do hard things, and do them well.

You’ll see a child who explains how, not just what.

The habits that build it

The world in 2040When answers are a click away, depth tells right from confident.

The world in 2040Machines give answers. People still have to weigh them.

Why Capable

  1. A capable child can do many things.

    Grade 2 makes, prices and sells laddoos at their own stall.

  2. Capable children go deep. They keep at it until the work is theirs.

    A child who writes 61 for 77 − 18 took the smaller digit from the larger. The teacher finds that step, and the next sheet practises it.

  3. A capable child decides boldly.

    Grade 1 counts its own class kitty on Fridays. By Grade 4, children plan the trip budget.

Good with people, and good for the world.

You’ll see a child who notices who’s been left out.

The habit that builds it

The world in 2040When anything can be faked, people follow those they trust.

Why Kind

  1. Kind children own their corner of the school.

    Every child has a real job: plants, shelves, the library desk. Children clean their classroom and fix furniture.

  2. A kind child notices who has been left out, and brings them in.

    At Culture Connect, children talk about their own homes and traditions.

  3. Kindness is a habit, so it is practised a little every day.

    Neev has a morning circle, a Word of the Week and a Good Deed.

Not afraid to fail. Takes on hard things, falls, and keeps trying.

You’ll see a child who says “not yet” instead of “I can’t”.

The habits that build it

The world in 2040The one skill that never expires is learning the next thing.

The world in 2040Ideas are cheap. Seeing hard things through is rare.

Why Unafraid

  1. Unafraid children ask why.

    At INSEAD, among people from 75 countries, the Indians were the best prepared, and the least likely to ask a question.

  2. An unafraid child aims high, falls, and gets back up.

    Khare Institute, Aseem’s family’s 50-year legacy, has prepared children for India’s toughest entrance exams. What stayed with its students was grit, not marks.

  3. An unafraid child puts a hand up.

    A Grade 8 girl at 45% scored 90% two months later, once someone noticed her. She had started answering questions in class.

Your story, told by

Our Parents

“I wanted him to have that core education that comes into his life.”

Aevan’s parent · Jr KG

“The connection he has with his teachers is very friendly, and he’s extremely comfortable here.”

Daivya’s parent · Jr KG

Parents of Gurukul, in their own words

More parents, in one short film.

Your child’s day, full of

Firsts

Children find out what they love by trying it. Press a tile.

Celebrating

Life at Gurukul

A boy presents in front of the Culture Connect boardCelebrationsCulture Connect: many homes, many traditionsA boy makes a sun print under a World Photography Day boardWorld Photography DaySun prints, made with leaves and lightA boy sits cross-legged on a yoga mat on the turfSportYoga on the turf, before classAll of life at GurukulRead more →

Four stages

Nursery to Grade 10

Neev for the early years, Gurukul from Grade 1. Grades 1 to 4 run today at Sus Road. Grades 5 to 10 are the path we’re building. Come and see.

  1. Nursery to Sr KGNeevHands first.Today
  2. Grades 1 to 4GurukulRuns today at Sus Road.Today
  3. Grades 5 to 8Middle YearsThe path we are building.PlannedFrom 2028–29
  4. Grades 9 to 10Senior YearsGrade 10 is the IGCSE.PlannedFrom 2029–30
The campus we’re building · visualisation

Let’s make thisYour Gurukul

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