By fee band
Schools ₹1 – 3 lakh a year
Small-cohort programmes and international-board pathways. The jump from the band below usually buys smaller groups and a Cambridge or Edexcel route rather than more teaching hours — worth confirming which of the two you are actually paying for.
| School | Type | Curriculum | Grades | Annual fees | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikalp Online School Delhi · Online across India | Online | CBSE/NIOS pathways claimed · activity-based | Pre-School–Grade XII | ₹37,728–₹1,23,120 / yr Current 2026–27 marketplace total varies by grade and stream and separately displays a ₹6,900 application fee; verify whether it is extra. The provider’s October 2025 schedule is lower and is not used as the current headline. | No independent rating |
| AOL School Vijayanagar, Bengaluru | Online | CBSE | Nursery to Grade 10 | From ₹38,000 / yr Application fee Rs 200. Average fee for KG-1 is ₹38,000 | Justdial 3.9/18 |
| Cyboard School Gurugram · Online across India | Online | CBSE-aligned curriculum · NIOS pathway claimed | Nursery–Grade XII | ₹44,900–₹1,05,300 new admission 2026–27 total by grade/stream in the current marketplace listing, including application, admission, annual tuition and book deposit where shown. | Google reviews · 4.4/5 checked 20 Aug 2026; count not recorded |
| Dreamtime Learning School Pan-India (Mumbai-registered) · UAE | Online | NIOS · Cambridge (CAIE) · Edexcel | Pre-Nursery–Grade X | ₹48,500–1,40,000 / yr By grade; Pre-Nursery ~₹48,500 up to ~₹1,40,000 for Cambridge Grade 9–10 | Yellow Slate · 33 reviews |
| Sunbeam World School Varanasi · India & Global | Online | CBSE · Cambridge · NIOS · BOSSE · WACE · American | Nursery–Grade 12 | ₹58,320 – ₹1,15,320 annual indicative, varies by grade & curriculum | Google · 2,400+ reviews |
| 21K School Bengaluru · India & global | Online | Indian NCF · NIOS private candidate · Cambridge · Pearson Edexcel | Nursery–Grade XII | ₹61,400–₹2,07,800 / yr Published 2026–27 India-resident annual totals vary by grade and pathway. The ₹999 one-time registration and board-exam fees are separate; discounts or scholarships can change the paid total. | MouthShut · 2.56/5 from 474 votes |
| The Real School Mumbai, Maharashtra | Online | Proprietary (Montessori/Steiner/IB-inspired; aligned with CBSE/international boards) | UKG–Grade X | ₹62,249 – ₹1,22,249 / yr Based on 2026-2027 estimates | Ezyschooling reviews |
| The Class of One Noida · Online | Online | Indian (CBSE/NIOS-aligned) · Pearson Edexcel pathway | Pre-Nursery–Grade XII | ₹78,708–₹1,01,964 / yr 2026–27 registration and tuition total for the main programme; application form ₹1,180. A current Edu4All fee was not public. | Ezyschooling · 3 verified reviews |
| Mirambika Free Progress School Sri Aurobindo Ashram Delhi Branch, Hauz Khas · New Delhi | Alternate | Free Progress / Integral Education — no board curriculum | Nursery–Class VIII | ₹1,20,000 / yr School-published 2025-26 fee for Nursery to Class VIII, plus a one-time ₹200 admission fee for new entrants. A ₹25 registration fee applies to the online application. We could not find a published 2026-27 schedule. | No independent rating |
| Prakriya Green Wisdom School Bengaluru · Off Sarjapur Road | Alternate | CISCE (ICSE & ISC) · IGCSE | Nursery–Grade XII | ₹1.5L – ₹2.8L indicative annual fee, varies by grade | Google · 142 reviews |
| The Riverside School Cantonment, Ahmedabad · Gujarat | Alternate | Cambridge IGCSE · AS & A Level · NIOS | Pre-K to Grade 12 | ₹1.76L – ₹2.11L / yr Tuition published by the school for 2026–2027, by key stage, payable in three terms. Day school only; transport, meals and Cambridge or NIOS examination entry are not stated as included. The same three figures appear on the independent listing SchoolMyKids. | SchoolMyKids · 4.4 from 63 ratings |
| GoSchool India · HyFlex (Mumbai campuses) | Hybrid | Cambridge (CAIE) · Pearson Edexcel | Grades VI–XII | ₹1.91–3.25 lakh / yr By stage: Grades 6–8 ≈₹1.91L · 9–10 ≈₹2.45L · 11–12 ≈₹3.25L | Google 4.2/9 · Yellow Slate 4.2/17 (new school) |
| StayQrious NeoSchool Bengaluru · online across India & the Gulf | Online | Cambridge/IGCSE pathway (provider-published) · project-based | Grades III–VIII | ₹2,59,600 / yr incl. GST 2026–27 tuition ₹2,20,000 + 18% GST; admission ₹70,000 + GST. The ₹10,000 + GST coffee-date payment is adjusted if a seat is offered and refunded if none is offered. International shipping and residential offsites cost extra. | Google reviews · 4.9/5 checked 13 Aug 2026; count not recorded |
| Sloka — The Hyderabad Waldorf School Aziz Nagar, Moinabad (grade school) and Jubilee Hills (kindergarten) · Hyderabad, Telangana | Alternate | Waldorf (Steiner) to Class 8 · CBSE from Class 9 | Playgroup–Class XII | ₹2,90,000 / yr School-published 2025-26 tuition for Classes I–V; other bands are close to it. Add a one-time ₹1,20,000 corpus fund and ₹5,000 admission fee for new entrants, plus lunch (about ₹28,000/yr, mandatory at the Aziz Nagar campus) and transport. The fee document itself states fees are likely to rise about 10% a year, and no 2026-27 schedule was published at the time of checking. | No independent rating |
Schools appear here when their published fee range overlaps this band — so a school spanning ₹40,000–₹90,000 is listed under both of the two cheapest bands. The range shown is what the school publishes; exam entry, materials and one-to-one time are frequently extra.
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4 schools publish fees in GBP, USD or AED. We don't convert them into these bands — a spot-rate conversion would be wrong within the week and no source supports it. Their fees are on their own profiles, in the currency the school actually charges.