Which class can my daughter join? An age guide from Nursery to Class I

If your daughter is turning three, four or five, the first question is which class she can join. Mother Mary's School, an all-girls CBSE day school in Mayur Vihar Phase 1, counts her age on 31 March of the year the session starts. For the 2027-28 session that date is 31 March 2027. On that day she must be 3+ for Nursery, 4+ for LKG, 5+ for UKG and 5+ for Class I.

The age for each class, 2027-28 session

• Nursery: 3+ years on 31 March 2027
• LKG: 4+ years on 31 March 2027
• UKG: 5+ years on 31 March 2027
• Class I: 5+ years on 31 March 2027, the same as UKG while the Directorate of Education (DoE) phases UKG in

Read "3+" as three years completed by that date, not "about to turn three". These figures are for the 2027-28 session. If you are planning for a later session, check the school's admission pages again before you decide.

How the 31 March rule works

Only one date counts. Her age on any other day, including the first day of school, does not change the answer.

Take a girl born on 10 March 2024. On 31 March 2027 she is three years old, so she meets the Nursery age for 2027-28. A girl born on 10 May 2024 turns three after that date, so she does not yet meet the Nursery age for 2027-28.

The same arithmetic works for every class. A girl who is four years and six months old on 31 March 2027 meets the LKG age. She does not yet meet the UKG or Class I age, which is 5+.

Nursery runs on a fixed yearly cycle

Nursery admission follows the DoE schedule. Places are decided by points out of 100, with no test or interview. If applicants tie on points, a draw of lots supervised by the DoE decides. Of the 200 Nursery seats, 150 are general seats filled by the school's points system and 50 are EWS / DG seats filled through the DoE.

The DoE has not yet issued its circular for 2027-28. Registration dates are expected to follow last year's pattern and will be confirmed when the circular is issued, so this guide quotes none. The Nursery admission page under Admissions will carry the dates once they are confirmed.

LKG, UKG and Class I depend on vacancies

Admission to LKG, UKG and Class I is vacancy-based. Whether a place is open depends on the seats in that class when you ask, so ask the school office early rather than assuming a seat is free.

What happens after you apply differs by class. For LKG and UKG the school holds an informal interaction with no test. For Class I there is a brief written check in English and Maths, described on the admission page as a readiness test and not an entrance exam, followed by a short conversation with the Principal or Admissions Coordinator.

The admission page for Classes KG to IX lists the documents and the assessment for each class. Read it for the class your daughter meets by age.

Check her birth certificate now

Her age is checked from her birth certificate. The Nursery admission page lists a birth certificate from a Municipal Corporation and says hospital certificates are not accepted. Look at yours now rather than during the registration window.

If you are not sure which class she falls in

Count her age on 31 March 2027, find the class in the list above, then read the admission page for that class. If her date of birth sits close to 31 March, or you are unsure about a class, write to the school office through the Contact page before you plan around a class.

Two questions parents ask first

Does the school admit boys? No. Mother Mary's is a girls' school from Nursery to Class XII.

Is there a test for Nursery? No. As above, Nursery places go by points, and the draw of lots applies only to a tie.

This guide was prepared from the school's admission pages as on 9 November 2026. It does not replace the school's own page for the class you are applying to.