The DS Education Group

The foundation stone of DS Education Group was laid back to November 2008, when the first Dorothy Snot preschool & kindergarten was founded in Athens. Initially, the school opened in 175a Ippokratous street old mansion, bearing just 9 students!

Today, June 2026, the group operates two preschools & kindergartens in the greater Athens area: Dorothy Snot Athens in Kypseli & Dorothy Snot South in Nea Smyrni, hosting nearly 500 students (ages 0-6) and employing more than120 teachers & administration staff.

Since 2013 we have been developing our very own educational philosophy called Life-derived Learning, a play-inspired approach aiming to connect education to real life experience through Respect, Trust, Responsibility & Freedom.

In addition to the above, our first Elementary School is on the way! It will be announced by July 2026 & open its gates in September 2027, bearing eventually a total of 400 students (ages 7-12).

In 2021, the shareholders of DS Education Group co-founded The Why Community, a hybrid structured dialogue and critical thinking ecosystem for children aged 4-12, designed for classrooms, learning centres, families, and communities worldwide.

Last but not not least, in 2025 the shareholders of DS Education Group along with 18 more school families’ co-founded Dorotheans for Change, an NGO aiming to positively affect the bottom line of Greek education.

All-in-all, the DS Education Group aims to provide top-class, play-inspired education to children between 0-12 y.o. under a holistic approach and positively affect parenting and pedagogy standards. 

Currently, the annual turnover of DS Group is 3.6 million euros and is expected to exceed 7 million euros by the end of 2029.