NEXT is a revolutionary international school at Mulund W. We are India's 1st Big Picture School We are India's first Big Picture School.
NEXT is bringing a much needed upgrade to our traditional system of education. We spent 6 years researching and travelling across the planet in search of the best models of education. We are bringing home a revolutionary paradigm that will make school engaging, relevant and rewarding for each child. It’s called Big Picture Learning. Big Picture is a revolutionary educational framework that has rec
28/04/2026
Don’t take our word for it, take theirs.💜
Real parents, real stories and real reasons why they chose NEXT, because a happy child says it all.✨
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21/04/2026
What if your child actually looked forward to Mondays?
At Next School, it’s not just about learning.
They’re building, sharing ideas, finding their people, and making sense of the world around them. ✨
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This is what school can feel like. 🧩
18/03/2026
School feels different when YOU can plan and decide what you want to learn. Free to Learn at NEXT is built around that, giving children the space to explore, choose and take ownership of their learning.
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13/03/2026
Learning doesn’t always start with a textbook. Sometimes it begins with curiosity, experimentation and figuring things out along the way. That idea sits at the heart of Big Picture Learning at NEXT.
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14/02/2026
Perishable knowledge comes and goes, but when a child has autonomy and the freedom to lead their own learning, it stops being about memorising and starts becoming something they truly understand and own.
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Save the Date: Flair, our Annual Art Fest, coming soon on Friday, 27th February!
Advisors are busy planning, building, and reimagining spaces to create the most immersive and fun experiences for our learners. Ideas are taking shape, details are coming together, and the excitement is already in the air. This one’s going to be special 😁
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10/02/2026
Learners take spaces at .school and make them their own! 🥹
Sometimes it’s as simple as an advisory naming itself based on an inside joke. Sometimes it’s sticky notes with questions and thoughts! Learners pause, discuss, move things around, make space for each other’s ideas. A personal object finds its way into a learning centre and suddenly the space feels different 😍 Small details but together, they turn an advisory into something that feels like it belongs to the people inside it 😊
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04/02/2026
It was one of those afternoons you wish you could bottle up 😍 A Sleepover Theme Camping Afternoon met the festivities of the Kite Flying Festival! 🏕️ They opened their own bags and tiffins, picked up drums and played around, tried reading on their own, moved between doing things by themselves and joining the group. As the afternoon went on, it felt less about the plan and more about being together with advisors and learners fully in it with each other, laughing, figuring things out, and just having a really good time 😁
31/01/2026
✨📚 As part of their reading programme, our PYP learners read ‘When Adil Speaks, Words Dance’ and a title from the Ninja Nani series by Ms. Lavanya Karthik. They recently had the joy of meeting the author herself, in a session filled with curiosity, questions, and thoughtful conversations.
Ms. Karthik shared how a deep sense of wonder shapes her storytelling and creative thinking. Learners listened closely as she spoke about her writing journey and the small, everyday ideas that grow into stories.
We’re grateful to for her time, warmth, and the inspiration she shared with our young readers 😊