Winmore Academy, Whitefield, is a co-educational CBSE school at Survey No. 13/1, Bhaktharahalli Village, Bengaluru, affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education. It is a member of the Crimson Schools Network and is now in its fifth successful year.
The campus is spread across 10 acres, offering what the school calls the rare pleasure of peaceful surroundings and fresh air, with spacious, ergonomically designed buildings. The school currently offers classes from pre-primary to Grade X and describes itself as gradually evolving into a fully-fledged K-12 school.
The school’s philosophy is to create an environment conducive to fostering creative thinkers, problem-solvers, and inspired learners who are confident in their ability to face the future. Its academic approach emphasizes the importance of building a student’s values at the root of the education system. The school is committed to providing a lush and modern environment, as well as cutting-edge information technologies, e-curriculum and specialised resources as an integral part of the learning environment. The school believes that the development of moral and ethical foundations is an essential component of a holistic education that guides students to become responsible and caring global citizens.
The teaching methodology is based upon four defined approaches, including experiential learning, the play-way method, inquiry-based learning and an interdisciplinary approach. The curriculum, although primarily based upon the guidelines of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), goes beyond to provide students with a strong foundation of skills that enable them to have a better understanding of the subject matter irrespective of discipline through the amalgamation of interesting teachers, enriched lesson plans, digital content and smart labs along with conventional modes of teaching, complemented with technology-enabled instructions and interactive activities such as field trips.
The pre-primary section, for ages 3 to 6, runs on a Play and Learn approach, teaching numeracy, literacy, art, music, and dance in the languages of English, Hindi, and Kannada. Classes I to X, for ages 6 to 16, cover nine or more subjects, including Mathematics, EVS, Social Studies, Science and Computer, again across three languages.
Because the school is a part of the Crimson network, the students get an international outlook and access to group-wide programmes: Crimson Masterclass connects students with accomplished professionals, Crimson ExpertClass provides exam-preparation guidance from a network of expert teachers, and the Crimson Arts Festival, Chrysalis show, and Winter Carnival run as annual fixtures. Crimson Sports Academy brings in CricKingdom, the cricket academy founded by Rohit Sharma, and BBF Schools, the football academy founded by Bhaichung Bhutia.
For families in and around Whitefield wanting a CBSE school with serious sports infrastructure, elite named coaching partnerships and a strong recent Grade X record, Winmore Academy is worth shortlisting.