What it Takes to Become a ‘Best-of-the-Best’ School?
- Dec. 3, 2025, 12:17 p.m.
Delhi’s Vasant Valley School wins the Ivy League India No. 1 – 5 Star Award in the nineteenth Education World India School Rankings 2025–26, placing it between the “best of the best” schools in the nation. In its nineteenth year, EWISR stands as the globe’s most comprehensive and largest school rankings survey.
The study covered 34 cities and collected insights from 9,500+ respondents this year. Principals, teachers, educationists and parents, to measure 4,500 schools throughout towns and 518 cities.
The 'IVY League' Category
EducationWorld launched the Ivy League category, an exclusive division developed to recognise schools that systematically lead national rankings throughout parameters like teacher competence, academic reputation, sports education and co-curricular excellence. All schools in this elite community hold the top rank but have ratings among 1 and 5 stars for overall brilliance.
“The Ivy League super nova family is a natural development that systematically celebrates high-ranked schools as the best of the best”. It encourages healthy competition, sets benchmarks for others and creates institutional pride, lifting the primary and secondary education standards for the world’s biggest in-school population,” said the Founder of EducationWorld - Dilip Thakore.
A Tradition of Distinction
This credit fortifies its 36-year-old legacy of fostering excellence for Vasant Valley School. Sharmila Bakshi, the principal, credits the respect to her team’s spirit and dedication. “We do not work for awards, but it invariably feels better when you have one,” she mentioned. “Every teacher works here like we’re part of a family, and Vasant Valley has a collaborative and warm environment. This award ponders that shared dedication.”
Launched in 1990, the school has contributed the way in liberal education, known for inclusivity, a co-curricular culture and academic innovation. The school reaffirms its status as one of India’s greatest educational institutions with the Ivy League 5-Star distinction, testing how collaboration, compassion and consistency can create a culture of lasting brilliance.
