Teacher-run, contribution-fundedAlternateIndiaCambridge International (a private UK exam board, not an Indian statutory board). No Indian board affiliation.
Centre for Learning (CFL)
New · awaiting reviews📍 Varadenahalli, Magadi Taluka · Ramanagara district, Karnataka (about 40 km west of Bengaluru)
About this school
Centre for Learning (CFL) is an alternate school serving families in India.
A teacher-run school with no principal on a 25-acre campus west of Bengaluru, founded in 1990 by educators who left the Krishnamurti schools — and one of the very few in India that charges no fee at all. It teaches the Cambridge IGCSE · A Level curriculum across
ages 6–19, with accreditation or pathway listed as Cambridge International (a private UK exam board, not an Indian statutory board). No Indian board affiliation..
Teacher : student
About 70 students to 20 adults; class groups of 6–12. No teacher-only ratio is published.
Indicative fees
On enquiry
No fee schedule exists. CFL states that parents "do not pay a fee" but contribute towards annual running costs according to their capacity; contributions cover about 80% of costs, with the balance met by an uncapped scholarship fund. Food, transport and excursions are billed at actuals.
Accreditation / pathway
Cambridge International (a private UK exam board, not an Indian statutory board). No Indian board affiliation.
Highlights
No fee — parents contribute towards running costs according to capacity
Teacher-run, with no principal
Class groups of 6–12; about 70 students in total
Semi-residential on a 25-acre campus west of Bengaluru
⚠ What to consider
The absence of a fee is not the same as being cheap or predictable — cost is negotiated case by case after a multi-stage admissions conversation, so you cannot budget or compare before committing. Students leave with Cambridge IGCSE and A Levels, not an Indian board certificate, and we could not confirm whether CFL is itself a registered Cambridge exam centre or whether students sit as private candidates through another centre. We also found no independent record of Karnataka state school recognition — a separate question from exam-board arrangements, and worth asking directly. The campus is 40 km from Bengaluru off Magadi Road. Independent coverage is close to non-existent: the secondary listings that exist paraphrase the school's own copy, so we publish no rating.
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Admission follows an extended conversation with the school rather than a test. CFL states openly that it looks for families who are dissatisfied with conventional schooling and willing to engage with its approach — the filter is on the parents as much as the child.
Intake window
For June 2027 entry the published bands are children born 1 June 2019 – 31 May 2021 (a five-day, non-residential younger programme) and 1 June 2015 – 31 May 2019.
Curriculum
Cambridge IGCSE · A Level
Grades offered
Ages 6–19
Teacher : student ratio
About 70 students to 20 adults; class groups of 6–12. No teacher-only ratio is published.
Indicative fees
On enquiry
ℹ️ Semi-residential: hostels double as classrooms. Subject specialisation starts around age 13, followed by a three-year senior programme from about 15.
Where they're based
Centre for Learning (CFL) serves families across Varadenahalli, Magadi Taluka · Ramanagara district, Karnataka (about 40 km west of Bengaluru).
Registered address
Village Varadenahalli, Magadi Taluka, District Ramanagara, Karnataka 562120, India
Fees, ratings and contact details last verified against an independent
source on 2026-08-15. Schools change them without notice —
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