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CPS Global School
CPS Global School runs a full Cambridge pathway alongside the IB Diploma at its Anna Nagar day campus, part of the locally run Chennai Public School group founded by N. Devarajan under the KNET trust.
In brief
CPS Global School runs a full Cambridge pathway alongside the IB Diploma at its Anna Nagar day campus, part of the locally run Chennai Public School group founded by N. Devarajan under the KNET trust.
The Anna Nagar site takes children from age three through to the IB Diploma at 18 to 19, covering Cambridge Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE and A Level before the two-year IB DP. A sister campus at Thirumazhisai, on a larger site off the Bangalore highway, adds day-boarding and residential places. The group opened in 2012 and educates over a thousand pupils across the two campuses.
Families speak well of the infrastructure, the breadth of the international curriculum and the extracurricular side, including Model United Nations. The recurring counterweight is cost: fees sit at the premium end and parents mention increases that arrive with little notice. Teacher turnover and the consistency of administration come up often enough to factor in.
Reviews
What families describe is a campus that feels pitched at affluent Anna Nagar households, with small year groups that let teachers give children individual attention. The flip side comes up from both parents and staff: the day-to-day running of the school draws repeated criticism, with management described as chaotic and teachers given little independence, and the people teaching those small classes report low pay and internal politics, which lines up with the turnover families notice. Parents also mention communication that lands unevenly.
Positives
- Small classes, individual attention. Year groups are small, and both parents and teaching staff describe that as the school's real strength: fewer children per class means teachers can focus on each one rather than manage a crowd.
Considerations
- Affluent intake. One former student described the Anna Nagar campus as drawing largely from wealthy families, a register that shapes the social feel of the place more than the academics.
- Administration and management. The sharpest recurring complaint is about how the school is run rather than what is taught: parents describe the administration as chaotic and poorly managed, with senior leadership singled out, and teachers say they are given little independence to do their jobs.
- Staffing and teacher conditions. Teachers report low salaries, internal politics and abrupt exits, with little induction into how the school works. That staff churn sits behind the turnover families flag and undercuts the consistency the small classes otherwise allow.
- Cost and communication. Fees sit at the top of the local market, with the Cambridge and IB pathways quoted around three lakhs a year, a level some Chennai parents call out of reach. Communication from the school is described as patchy.
Leadership
Mrs. Rama Mylavarapu
Rama Mylavarapu comes with more than two decades of experience as an academician with diversified roles played as a Principal, Vice Principal, academic administrator, coordinator, mentor and a counselor. She holds a Master’s degree in Management from BITS, Pilani. Before joining CPS family, she has worked at various renowned International schools including Ahmedabad International School, Oakridge International School and Chirec International School. She brings with her knowledge and experience of New Age teaching practices and pedagogies and is committed to academic excellence.
Location
A 80, 102, IIIrd Avenue, Kumaran Nagar, A Block, Anna Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600102, India