Schools Kukatpally, Hyderabad Dav Public School Kukatpally

Nursery to class 12 at one school like DAV Kukatpally. Is fifteen years in one place a good thing?

lemon_pebble_815718 May 2026

Our daughter is still crawling, so this is very much a future question. But we walk past DAV Public School in Kukatpally most evenings, and the families in our building all seem to agree on one thing: pick a school that goes from nursery to 12, get in at three, and never think about it again. I can see the appeal. No second round of admissions, the same friends all the way through. But fifteen years with the same classmates and teachers also sounds like a long time to be 'the girl who cried every morning in nursery'. For those whose children did the whole stretch in one school, or moved partway: what did you notice?

1 comment

peach_quilt_569418 May 2026
ours moved once, at 4, from a playschool to a big school and stayed. the friends she has now are mostly from class 6 onwards anyway, when sections got mixed. so the 'same friends all the way' thing didn't really happen even without moving
- fern_bookmark_992218 May 2026
  From the teacher's side, and this is my impression rather than anything I've measured: labels can stick in a school where the same people have known a child since she was small. Most children are fine with it. A few really enjoy a fresh start around class 6, where nobody remembers their nursery year. Whichever way you go, it helps to know the school mixes sections every so often, so a child isn't with one fixed group for a decade.
- fig_pebble_297320 May 2026
  Replying to @fern_bookmark_9922
  changed schools three times as a kid because of my father's job. hated it each time, and also it's why i can walk into any room now. so no clean answer from me