Brief Outline: Headstart Nursery and Primary School was started in 1995, by Mrs.Sudha Mahesh, who remains the Principal even today. The kindergarten classes run at this facility in Kottivakkam. Classes 1 to 7 are conducted at Thoraipakkam and this school is named Headstart Learning Centre.

Growth: Headstart is growing at one class a year for the past few years. Along the way it was in doubt as to its ability to offer higher classes because of space constraints and had limited the growth upto class 5. The current facility, however, allays any doubt in the promotors' minds, and Headstart is now offering upto class 7 and will go upto class 10, growing one class every academic year. Headstart is adding one class every year to fulfill its commitment to students who have been with it since kindergarten benefitting from its methodology. It is currently accepting admissions to all class levels upto class 8.

School with a difference: Headstart is different in the way it teaches its children, Headstart is different in how it prepares children for adulthood, Headstart is different in its goals in educating children, Headstart is different in the materials and media it uses to educate children, Headstart is different in who it accepts for admissions, Headstart is different in how it integrates children who are different. These are a few reasons why the promoters believe that Headstart is a school with a difference.

Children attending Headstart feel school is a home away from home. They are completely at home in the school and often wish to attend school even on days when they are recommended to stay home, say due to an illness. Every class has projects, games, art, dance, and music and much more to reinforce their learning. Headstart believes in teaching children through various media and innovative methods. All children participate in the activities the school conducts, with no exceptions. The school appreciates all performances . Every Headstarter participates in the school's sports day and every child gets a memento for participation. This is true in every annual day celebration as well. Every child gets up on stage and performs.

Headstart is an inclusive school. 15% of our students are children with special needs. It has children who are dyslexic, slow learners, and children with poor vision and hearing difficulties. It wishes to integrate children who are differently abled with the mainstream so everyone gains from the experience. Those differently abled learn to work with others without similar disabilities and the mainstream learn to be empathetic towards these children. Through the Trust, Headstart's promoters also sponsor the education of a few, both in its own schools, and in a few cases, in other schools as well.

Headstart is an integrating school. It have children attending Headstart who are from completely different economic and social backgrounds. It want Headstarters to be able to appreciate each other without letting the financial or social position of each others' parents influence how they interact with one another.

Headstart is an evolving school. It continually upgrades its teachers' skills. It listens to the school's parent community closely to better address their needs and their concerns. Headstart recognises that it is serving them and their children and in order to do this effectively, it must always know what their current needs are.

Headstart is a transparent school. It shares with its school's parents detailed information on anything it is considering for its students. Every activity, every event of Headstart, every noteworthy mention of the school or its Principal, is covered in depth in the school's website, http://www.headstartschool.org

Headstart is an innovative school. The promoters understand the essence of "why we are where we are," and try to make the experience memorable, both to Headstart children and their parents, and to the management and the teachers.

Children learn various topics or subjects sometimes through games and at other times, through activities. Just to say a few, class 1 children cut a cake, divide it into parts to understand fractions, class 2 plays musical chair to learn Tamil, class 3 plays dumb charades to learn English, class 4 work on projects to learn about religion, class 5 learns Science through Mind Maps, class 6 and class 7 learn robotics to understand computer science. While it is hard to capture the essence of how we teach each of these skills or subjects, the point Headstart wishes to convey here is that it tries to make learning fun and ensures that all its children learn their subjects.

Headstart is a friendly school. Its children have friendly interactions with the teachers. The relationship between students and teachers is very informal . Headstart doesnt have rigid expectations and so it doesn't set unreasonable rules.

Every activity is child-friendly and child-centric. The school keeps focusing on its students, not on the school, not on the parents, or the teachers, but on the students, for it is they who it serves and it is their development that it must shape.

Headstart Learning Centre is on a 1 acre property leased to it from 2006. We have over 10 grounds for sports and games, and we use it very effectively. We are investing further in this same property to spruce it up and have it meet different board requirements.

Studying at Headstart Nursery and Primary School and studying at Headstart Learning Centre is an exhilarating experience no child or parent must pass up, so visit both, understand what each school does and support Headstart in the delivery of quality education.