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Elate International School
Elate International School is a 2017-founded Cambridge-plus-CBSE school on a 30,500-square-foot Manikonda site, chaired by Shaik Kareem Basha with daughter Saniya Kareem as Vice Chairperson and K. Supriya Prasad as Principal.
In brief
Elate International School is a 2017-founded Cambridge-plus-CBSE school on a 30,500-square-foot Manikonda site, chaired by Shaik Kareem Basha with daughter Saniya Kareem as Vice Chairperson and K. Supriya Prasad as Principal.
Cambridge Primary CAIE runs Grades 1 through 5, CBSE takes Grades 6 through 10, with Cambridge IGCSE available as an alternative senior-school track. Roughly 300 learners from Nursery through Class 10 at a 1:15 ratio, layered with robotics, science, and computer labs, smart classrooms, and a multi-sports ground. Annual fee sits around 60,000 INR with transport adding 26,000 on top, well below the international-school median in west Hyderabad.
Saniya Kareem holds an MA in Educational Leadership from Manchester and was recognised at Brainfeed's Exemplary Women in Education Award in 2025. The school reports 100% Class 10 CBSE pass rates for four consecutive years. Independent parent commentary is light: directory ratings cluster around 4.1 to 4.9 across a few dozen votes, with no extended written feedback surfaced. The fee position and CBSE-plus-Cambridge dual track read as the school's primary draw for families priced out of larger international campuses.
Reviews
What families write about most is the day-to-day handling of children rather than the academics. The recurring note is teachers who stay in close contact, give usable feedback at parent meetings, and even suggest changes to carry over at home, and discipline that parents describe as enforced in a child-friendly rather than punitive way. The school app carries daily activity posts, announcements, and bus tracking, which comes up as the main thread of contact between home and the classroom. The written picture is small and almost entirely warm, with one dissenting voice on the building and a quiet inconsistency over whether classrooms are air-conditioned.
Positives
- Teacher contact and feedback. Parents repeatedly single out teachers who are approachable and give concrete feedback at parent-teacher meetings, including specific suggestions for supporting learning at home. The warmth toward class teachers, especially in the early years, is the most consistent thread in the written reviews.
- Discipline handled gently. One recurring point is that rules are enforced in a non-penal, child-friendly manner, with children described as happy to attend and fond of both teaching and non-teaching staff.
- Co-curricular balance. Families describe a steady mix of academics and activities such as dance, music, yoga, and sport, with parents of early-years and longer-tenured children both noting visible improvement across curricular and co-curricular areas.
Considerations
- App-based communication. Routine contact runs through the school app, which carries daily activity updates, announcements, and live transport tracking. Parents treat it as the normal channel rather than something they praise or fault.
- Building and resources. Most write that the campus is clean and the facilities adequate, but a minority voice flags dated classrooms, thin resources, and weaker security than the rest describe. Accounts also disagree on whether classrooms are air-conditioned, so the physical plant is worth seeing in person.
Leadership
K. Supriya Prasad
Location
Venkateshwara colony, Plot No 24, Alkapoor Rd, Bharat Nagar, Ibrahim Bagh, Manikonda, Hyderabad, Telangana 500089, India