GEMS Millennium School, Gurugram

Academically the school follows the CBSE curriculum through to the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations, with flexible subject combinations in senior secondary so that students are not confined to fixed streams. The early years use the Little GEMS curriculum, designed with the UK's EYFS framework and aligned with India's NCF. GIS is an authorised Cambridge Assessment English centre offering Cambridge English qualifications, and it benchmarks learning through ACER international tests, Benesse evaluations and OpenDoor mastery assessments. Students also take part in Model United Nations conferences and exchange programmes.

English is the first language of the curriculum and is reinforced through Cambridge English programmes and assessments, while Hindi is taught as the second language. In middle school students also choose a third language from Sanskrit, French and Spanish.

Children can start in Pre-K from age 2 and continue through three Foundation Stages (FS1 to FS3, entry at ages 3, 4 and 5), which follow the Little GEMS early years programme. Grade 1 begins at age 6, and pupils then move through the primary years and middle school, where the timetable adds STREAM and innovation labs and a third language. The secondary and senior secondary years lead to the CBSE board examinations in Class 10 and Class 12, with flexible subject choices in the final two years.

The school shares the GEMS vision of making high-quality education available to every learner and of drawing out the genius in each child. Its mission is to develop creative, compassionate global citizens who act responsibly together with diverse communities. The four core values are Always Learning, Care, Excellence and One Team, and the GEMS learner profile emphasises respect for diversity, ethical behaviour, the wellbeing of people and the planet, and resilience.

Sport is offered across many disciplines, from cricket, athletics and swimming to basketball, volleyball, handball, badminton, lawn tennis and boxing, as well as the Indian games kho-kho and kabaddi, and the school also lists chess, taekwondo and yoga. Clubs include a TED-Ed club, a Quill Club, a MUN club, organic farming and eco-literacy initiatives. Students take part in debates, robotics and innovation challenges, Olympiads and TEDxYouth talks, and the annual Natyagram festival brings drama, music, dance and visual art together across the campus.

The campus covers about 20,000 square metres, with 60 classrooms and seven laboratories including computer labs. The school lists digital classrooms, a Design Thinking and Robotics Lab, a Eurisko Montessori lab, science and mathematics labs, computer labs, a library and an infirmary. A performing arts studio is equipped for drama, music and dance, and a visual arts studio supports painting and sculpture. Sports facilities include a half-Olympic swimming pool, a cricket pitch with three nets, a football court, a skating rink, courts for basketball, badminton, pickleball and table tennis, an indoor amphitheatre and a children's play area.

The school provides bus transport priced by distance and a day care and extended care programme that can cover the full working day. A SEN department with special educators prepares individual education and accommodation plans, while gifted learners receive enrichment and accelerated options. Counsellors support social-emotional wellbeing, and career guidance counsellors help senior students with university applications. Parents are involved through student-led conferences, workshops, coffee mornings and a parent-teacher association.