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Steady hands. A real decision. A small triumph.
A South Mumbai preschool · Est. 1953
We learn while we play.
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Since 1953, children near Kemps Corner have started school here by playing. Mother-Toddler, Playgroup, Nursery, Junior KG and Senior KG, from 9 months to 5.5 years, and a new afternoon Daycare.
Est. 1953Founded by Mrs. Dolat Hoshang Doongaji
9 months–5.5 yearsMother-Toddler to Senior KG
Near Kemps CornerGrant Road, South Mumbai
2027–28Admission enquiries open
Programmes
Choose your child’s stage.
Five stages from 9 months to Class 1, and a new afternoon Daycare. Ages are a guide; the office confirms the right stage with you.
My child is
From 9 monthsMother-ToddlerTue & Thu · 9:00–10:00You stay beside your child: sensory play, songs and a first calm routine.1.5–2.5 yearsPlaygroupMon, Wed & Fri · 8:30–10:00A first classroom of their own. The goodbye grows a little shorter each week.2.5–3.5 yearsNurseryMon–Fri · 8:30–12:00New words, pretend play, first friendships and growing independence.3.5–4.5 years · LKGJunior KGMon–Fri · 8:30–12:00Thinking you can see: making, patterns, sounds and stories.4.5–5.5 years · UKGSenior KGMon–Fri · 8:30–12:00Ready for Class 1: listening, early reading and number sense, while still being five.New AfternoonsDaycareMon–Fri · 12:00–4:30Play, lunch from home, rest and sleep with adults your child knows.
Every class: 20 children with a lead teacher, an assistant teacher and a helper. No tests before six. All stages side by side →
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We learn while we play · since 1953
Children feel noticed before they are corrected.
Every morning starts the same way: an adult at eye level, by name, with time. Teachers prepare the possibilities; children choose where to begin, and play becomes the way they learn.
20 children · 3 adults in every class · ECCE-qualified teachers
Meet the adults who make play purposeful →A morning at NAS
Five moments. Hundreds of connections.
Children do not experience learning in separate boxes. One morning can hold coordination, language, imagination, friendship and the courage to begin again.
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Balance, compare, change the plan and try again.
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They run before they write. A child who has climbed and balanced comes to the story mat ready to listen.
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Colour becomes a language before words are enough.
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Ideas grow when children listen, respond and wonder together.
No tests and no ranks: teachers observe, keep a portfolio for each child and share it with you.
Book a visitFrom the Principal's desk
The people, and the proof.
Parents are not only choosing a timetable. They are choosing the adults and atmosphere that will hold a child's first school memories.
- The founderIt began with five children in 1953.The founder, the date and the archive.
- What parents sayParents' reviews, in their own words.On Google. Independent: NAS does not write or edit them.
- The alumniMeet the alumni.Generations of South Mumbai families.
- SafetySafety: what to ask, what to expect.Supervision, handover, health and how to raise a concern.
Admissions 2027–28 open November 2026
Come and see the school.
- Enquire your child’s age, by WhatsApp, call or form
- Visit the classrooms
- Meet a conversation, not a test
- Begin documents and settling, step by step
We reply within 24 to 48 hours. 13 Tejpal Gokuldas Auditorium, near Kemps Corner, since 1953.