Low investment, clear numbers
A transparent sheet covering franchise fee, interiors, curriculum kits and royalty — no hidden charges, and the consultation is free.
6 territories open for 2027
One partner per city.
Check if yours is still open, then we build the preschool with you — curriculum, teachers and all.
- 11
- centres running
- 360°
- setup support
- 2 days
- to hear back
Why partners choose us
A business with the schooling built in
Two decades of early-childhood work sits behind every centre, so you are buying a tested operation rather than a brand name.
The Ideal Play Abacus group
- 50+
- centres across the group, of which eleven are Arka Kids
- 2003
- year Ideal Play Abacus was founded
- 1 lakh+
- children taught across the group
- 6–12 mo
- when most branches turn cash-flow positive
One partner per city
A protected radius written into the agreement. We will never open a second Arka Kids inside your territory.
No teaching degree needed
We train and certify you and your educators. Entrepreneurial commitment and daily presence matter more than a degree.
Open in 2 to 3 months
A six-stage onboarding: feasibility check, ROI consultation, property audit, agreement, fit-out and training, then launch.
Support that does not stop
Teacher retraining, a refreshed syllabus each year, marketing collateral for every admission window and an operations manager.
Institutional backing
A venture of Ideal Play Abacus India, behind Play Abacus India and Creative Arts India across hundreds of centres.
Group figures cover Arka Kids alongside Play Abacus India and Creative Arts India. Break-even depends on your rent and first-season enrolment — we benchmark realistic intake targets for your neighbourhood on the first call, at no cost.
Itemised
What the fee actually buys
Not a logo and a manual. Open any line to see what arrives with it.
Our researched in-house syllabus, developed by the academic team and used in every one of our centres.
Your lead teacher takes the same Montessori certification we run for our own staff, including supervised classroom practice.
We walk the building with you and plan the room before a single shelf is bought.
The same enquiry and admissions process our own centres run on, plus a launch campaign for your locality.
One partner per catchment, written into the agreement. We will not open a second Arka Kids beside yours.
All five, one franchise fee
Interiors, equipment and rent are a separate capital cost — yours, not ours. We help you plan them, and you get the number before you sign anything.
Inside our centres
Real mornings, not a brochure
Every photo here is from a working Arka Kids classroom. Come on a weekday and you will see the same thing.
- 3 hrs
- uninterrupted work cycle
- 2–5
- years in one centre
The model, already running
Eleven centres it works in
Nine across Chennai, plus Shikaripur and Thanjavur. Same curriculum, same training, same admissions process you would run.
Arka Kids — Adyar
Montessori preschool · Chennai
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Chrompet
Montessori preschool · Chennai
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Chitlapakkam
Montessori preschool · Chennai
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Mint
Montessori preschool · Chennai
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Irumbuliyur
Montessori preschool · Chennai
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Kodambakkam
Montessori preschool · Chennai
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Mylapore
Montessori preschool · Chennai
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Ayyapakkam
Montessori preschool · Chennai
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Valasaravakkam
Montessori preschool · Chennai
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Shikaripur
Montessori preschool · Other centres
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
Arka Kids — Thanjavur
Montessori preschool · Other centres
Mon to Sat · 9 am to 12:30 pm
Toddler through Senior KG
From our partners
What running one is actually like
The curriculum arrived as a working system, not a folder. Our lead teacher trained with the group and came back able to run the room on day one.
The first two terms were slow, exactly as they warned us. What helped was having a mentor teacher on site while we found our rhythm.
Parents ask about the materials and the ratios. Being able to point at eleven other centres running the same way settles the conversation.
Is this the right fit?
We would rather tell you now than after a deposit. Straight answers on both sides.
Works well for
- You will be in the building day to day
- You have 1,500 sq ft or more, ideally ground floor
- There is an open area children can use daily
- Young families live within a few kilometres
- You can wait two terms for enrolment to build
Not a fit if
- You want a hands-off financial stake
- The space is under 1,500 sq ft
- There is no outdoor or play area at all
- You need the centre profitable in term one
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Take the brochure home
Programs, centres, a day in the classroom and how admission works, in one PDF to read at your own pace.
Register your interest
No cost and no commitment. It puts you first in the queue for your catchment while we confirm availability.
- 1We confirm your catchment within two working days
- 2Site review of your building, before any agreement
- 3Setup, teacher training and a launch campaign
Questions we get asked
Brand rights for an exclusive catchment, the full curriculum and material kit, teacher training for your lead teacher, setup guidance and launch marketing. Interiors and equipment are a separate capital cost, which we help you plan.
No. Several of our partners came from other industries. What matters is being present day to day — your lead teacher is the one who needs the Montessori certification, and we train them.
Usually three to five months, depending on how much interior work the building needs. Most partners aim to open at the start of an academic year, so we plan backwards from that.
The core catchment will be closed, but suburbs and satellite towns nearby are often still open. Send your details anyway and we will tell you which ones, rather than leaving you guessing.
No. They are indicative, based on how our existing centres were set up. Rent, local fee levels and the state of your building move them. We build the real projection with you on the first call and put it in writing.