For NRI Families
An American education in Chennai — for the Indian family that has been building a life abroad.
If you are an Indian family living in the US, UK, Singapore, the Gulf, or anywhere in between, you have probably done the math on moving back more than once. The career arithmetic. The family arithmetic. The grandparents getting older. And every time you have done the math, you have run into the same question:
What about the children’s schooling?
AWS Chennai exists because that question deserves a real answer — not a compromise.
The three questions every family in your situation asks us before anything else.
Your child is on a US, UK, IB, or American-system curriculum. You don’t want them dropping into CBSE/ICSE mid-stream and losing two years sorting out which textbook is which.
Kids who have grown up internationally don’t always slot easily into local schools. They speak differently. They reference things differently. You want them surrounded by peers who get it.
You aren’t necessarily moving back forever. Whatever school they join needs to keep university doors open in the US, UK, Canada, Singapore, and Australia — not just Indian engineering colleges.
Honest answers, not marketing slogans.
AERO-aligned American standards from Pre-K through Grade 12. Your child slots in at the equivalent grade and keeps building on what they already learned. No textbook reset, no academic regression.
A meaningful share of our families have lived abroad. The kids have travelled, switched countries, navigated cultural code-switching. Your child won’t need to explain themselves — they’ll just need to find their seat.
AWS Chennai holds WASC, AIAASC, and NCPSA accreditations, plus AIU recognition. Credits transfer cleanly to American, British, Canadian, and Singaporean schools and universities.
The practical details that matter once the curriculum question is settled.
The detail-level questions that come up after the first conversation.
Yes. We have welcomed NRI families landing in October, January, March — and supported each child through a transition plan tailored to their previous school and our calendar. Talk to admissions about your specific timeline.
Our team reviews the transcript and any standardised testing (MAP, CAT4, etc.) and runs a quick on-campus assessment if needed. We place by demonstrated readiness, not just calendar age.
Not necessarily. We offer differentiated language tracks so children who are fresh to a language join the beginner pathway, while heritage speakers continue at their current level.
Our credits are designed to travel. Many AWS Chennai families have moved on to international schools in Singapore, Dubai, and the UK — and gone the other way too. We can give you the documentation any next school will accept.