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CBSE · Nursery to Class XII · Vadodara

Fifteen years under one tree.

A day school by Sevasi lake where a child can start at three and leave at eighteen: one campus, one old banyan, and teachers who know every child by name.

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One root for each class, Nursery to XII. Red: seats open for 2027–28.The drawing: a banyan with one aerial root for each class, from Balvatika 1 (Nursery) on the left to Class XII on the right. Seats are open this session in: Balvatika 1 (Nursery), Balvatika 2 (LKG), Balvatika 3 (UKG), Class I, Class III, Class V, Class VI, Class IX, Class XI.

Plate I

Ages are counted on 1 June 2027, as the Gujarat RTE Rules ask.

Admissions 2027–28: the dates

Send an enquiry, visit, and meet us. There is no entrance test and no donation; seats are given in the order set out below.

  1. Enquiries open for 2027–28For Balvatika 1 to Class IX, and Class XI
  2. Open morning on campusIn 12 days9:30 am to 12:30 pm; no booking needed
  3. Second open morning9:30 am to 12:30 pm
  4. Last day for enquiries
  5. Meetings with familiesAn informal conversation, not a test
  6. Offers sent by phone and email
  7. Last day to confirm a place and complete the papers
  8. First day of school, Classes I to XII
  9. First day of school, Balvatika 1 to 3

How admission works, the age table and the enquiry form

Plate II

The stages are those of the National Education Policy 2020.

Fifteen years, in four stages

The years follow the National Education Policy's stages: play and talk first, then reading the world, then subjects, then the board years.

  1. Foundational

    Balvatika 1 to Class II

    Ages 3 to 8

    Learning through play, stories and the garden. Children read and count in English and Gujarati before they sit at desks for long.

    No homework until Class II.

  2. Preparatory

    Classes III to V

    Ages 8 to 11

    Reading for meaning, number sense and small projects. Every child keeps a nature journal of the campus trees.

    Hindi starts in Class III.

  3. Middle

    Classes VI to VIII

    Ages 11 to 14

    Subjects with their own teachers: science in the lab, maths, social science, languages, art and a skill subject each year.

    One project a term is done outdoors.

  4. Secondary

    Classes IX to XII

    Ages 14 to 18

    The CBSE board years, with Science, Commerce and Humanities in Classes XI and XII, and a counsellor for subject and college choices.

    Board candidates attend school in person; there are no coaching tie-ups.

The board and the curriculum, stage by stage

Plate III

A school day, Class IV

The day is the same shape for every class, a little shorter for the youngest.

  1. Assembly under the banyan: a song, the day's news, one child's question
  2. Language and reading
  3. Mathematics
  4. Break: tiffin from home, then the field
  5. Environmental studies, often in the garden
  6. Art, music or physical education (it changes each day)
  7. Library or a project hour
  8. Home time; buses leave from Gate 1

Plate IV

The campus

Four acres on the edge of the city, with the old banyan in the middle of the courtyard.

  • Watercolour sketch of a large banyan with pillar roots and a round stone platform in a school courtyard

    The old banyan and the courtyard

    About 90 years old

    Assembly, stories and lunch happen under it. Its aerial roots have grown into a dozen pillars around the stone platform.

  • Watercolour sketch of a preschool room with low tables, wooden blocks and leaf paintings on the wall

    Balvatika rooms

    6 rooms, on the ground floor

    Low tables, a sand tray, blocks, a reading corner and doors straight onto the garden. Toilets are inside the wing.

  • Watercolour sketch of a classroom with grouped desks and windows open onto trees

    Classrooms

    42 classrooms, 36 students at most

    Desks in groups, louvred windows onto trees, a cupboard of books in every room.

  • Watercolour sketch of a library with low shelves, floor cushions and a window onto a neem tree

    Library

    11,000 books, English, Gujarati and Hindi

    Open all day; Classes I to V have a library period every week, and anyone can borrow at break.

Every facility, and how the campus is kept safe

Plate V

Coming up, and notices

Coming up

  • Holiday7 to 15 November 2026

    Diwali holidays

    School is closed for Diwali. Classes start again on Monday 16 November.

  • EventIn 12 days9:30 am to 12:30 pmStart at the banyan courtyard

    Open morning for families

    Walk round the school on a working Saturday, see the classes in session and talk to teachers. No booking needed.

  • Meeting8:30 am to 12:30 pmYour child's classroom

    Parent–teacher meeting, Term 1

    Meet your child's class teacher and see the term's work. Slots are sent on WhatsApp.

  • Exam1 to 12 December 2026

    Half-yearly examinations, Classes IX to XII

    The timetable is in Notices. Classes VI to VIII have their term assessments the same fortnight.

All events and news

Notices

  • RTE 25% admissions, Class I, 2027–28

    Families applying under RTEVS/2026-27/041 (sample)

    Applications for the RTE seats are made only on the Government of Gujarat's portal, not at the school. We will post the dates here as soon as the Directorate announces them.

  • Book list and uniform specification, 2027–28

    All parentsVS/2026-27/039 (sample)

    The NCERT book list for each class and the uniform specification. Buy them from any shop; nothing has to be bought from the school.

All notices

Plate VI

The school bus

Five routes across west Vadodara, each with a woman attendant on board.

Stops and times for every route

Plate VII

Mandatory public disclosure

Mandatory public disclosure

Everything CBSE asks an affiliated school to publish, in CBSE's own order: documents, results, staff and infrastructure.

Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi · Affiliation no. 4499901 (sample) · School code 19991 (sample)

Plate VIII

Come and see

The best way to choose a school is to walk round it on an ordinary morning. Visits are on weekdays and Saturdays.

Vadlo School, behind Sevasi lake, Gotri–Sevasi Road, Vadodara 391101, Gujarat (sample address)

Visitors use Gate 2 on the lake side; parking is inside the gate, to the left.

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Balvatika 1 to 3
8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Classes I to V
7:50 am to 1:40 pm
Classes VI to XII
7:50 am to 2:20 pm
Office
Monday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm (second Saturday closed)

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