Class of 2026, off to big school Schools our graduates joined in 2026
Pick a city — your centre head has the full local list for every neighbourhood.
Then & now
Shared with the families' blessing — and a little disbelief at how fast it goes.
Little Wings '21
Class 5 todayStill narrates everything she does — her teacher calls it 'broadcast journalism'.
Bright Buds '19
Class 7 todayPaint-covered hands then, debate-team captain now. The talking was always the plan.
Junior Wonder '22
Class 3 todayGraduated from story chair to writing her own — sells illustrated books to relatives, firmly.
What Class 1 teachers see
From our partner-school feedback survey, 2026 · 38 schools replied
What we hand the next school
Records and immunisation history transfer through the app, with your consent, in a day.
"We can spot a Growing Steps child by the first assembly — they're the ones who ask the new teacher her name, and then introduce their neighbour."
"The readiness summary is the most useful admission document we receive from any preschool. We've asked others to copy it. Please take that as a compliment."
"At the Class 1 interview, the teacher asked how our daughter was so comfortable talking to adults. Show-and-tell every Friday since age three, that's how."
Aparna & Vikram JoshiRiya, Growing Steps Baner '25 → Vidya Valley
"His big school sent a note home in week one: 'already lines up, shares, and finishes his dabba.' The academics they'll teach — those habits, they can't."
Sameer KulkarniArjun, Growing Steps Chembur '26 → Bombay Scottish
Where are they now?
The older alumni check in sometimes. We keep their preschool photos on file for maximum graduation-day embarrassment.
Ishita, 13 · Gurugram
Grade 8, robotics club. Her mother swears the sand-timer patience is why she can debug for an hour straight without flipping the table.
Rohan, 17 · Pune
Class 12, wants to teach. Spent this summer as a junior counsellor at Camp Sunshine — back where the whole thing started, now holding the register.
Zoya & Zara, 11 · Mumbai
The twins from the Wall of Love, now in Grade 6. Still picky eaters, reports their mother — but only at home, which she takes personally.
Once a Growing Steps family, always
Perks that don't expire at graduationYounger ones jump the waitlist, registration waived, 10% off monthly.
Graduates keep their summer-camp seat for two more years.
Cap toss round two, didi hugs, and the height wall re-measured.
Birthday wishes keep coming — didis keep their own registers, we just pay for the stamps.
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