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St. Thomas Boys School | Khidirpur, Kolkata

4, Diamond Harbour Road, kolkata, West Bengal
3.7
Annual Fees Day School ₹30,000
Boarding School ₹1,30,000
School Board ICSE & ISC
Gender Classification Only Boys School

About School

St Thomas' School is a kindergarten to higher secondary school for boys located in Kidderpore, India. It has one of the largest campus areas in the city of Kolkata comprising of three football size fields, two basketball courts and children's playgrounds. The campus also houses the St. Thomas' College of Engineering and Technology and has a church called the St. Stephen's Church. The school has adjacent division St. Thomas' Boys' School (STBS). The students of this school are nicknamed as Thomasites (boys).The moment one enters No. 4 Diamond Harbour Road one is brought to book with nature for a sprawling 26 acre campus with a scenario one rarely comes across in the city, leaves one envious both to teach and be taught in an environment which reckons in being very close to a health resort.Today the Institution has a skyline juxtaposed with administrative regular school and hostel blocks leaves us wondering as to how deep are its roots. The ethos of the school seem to echo the essence of an age old manuscript. “A Proposal for the Institution of a free school society in Bengal, 1789, which Declares” “The want of some Public Institution in the large Settlement, for the education of the Children of both sexes, has been gradually becoming more sensible as the place itself has increased”.Delving into the past the school, can trace back its origin to 1789 when the document “A proposal for the Institution of a free school society in Bengal suggested the settling up of a fund to finance needy children of the society”.The idea was abandoned as parents objected and the choice fell on “Kidderpore House” at 4, Diamond Harbour Road. In 1914 the “Free School Society” approached the government for “Kidderpore House” and the school started in full from there in 1916. In 1917 it was decided, that the “Free School” would be converted, into the St. Thomas’ School for better management and in 1923 the “Calcutta Free School” was officially named St. Thomas’ School after the Apostle on whose day the original “Free School Society” had been founded.World War II saw “Kidderpore House” converted into a military hospital and the school was shut down. The boys section was shifted to Takdah near Darjeeling. With the war coming to an end the boys were shifted onto the campus for the first time.There were radical changes after independence when the Viceroy and Governor General left India and the nation’s President became patron and the school opened door to non-Europeans and other communities.Over centuries the sky like at “4, Diamond Harbour Road” has been interspersed with new buildings that have come up to accommodate the boys.

Key Information

Type of School

Day Cum Residential

Affiliation / Examination Board

ICSE & ISC

Grade - Day School

Pre-Nursery till Class 12

Grade - Boarding School

Class 2 till Class 12

Min Age for Admission - Day School

3 Years

Language of Instruction

English

Language of Instruction

English

Average Class Strength

55

Establishment Year

1989

School Strength

2800

Swimming / Splash Pool

No

Indoor Sports

Yes

AC Classes

Yes

Student Teacher Ratio

55:1

Transportation

No

Outdoor Sports

Yes

Maximum Age

NA

Outdoor Sports

Cricket, Basketball

Indoor Sports

Carrom Board, Chess, Table Tennis

Fee Structure

ICSE & ISC Board Fee Structure - Day School

Annual Fees

₹ 30000

Admission Fee

₹ 52000

Fee Structure For Schools

School Infrastructure Details

Barrier free / Ramps

No

Strong Room

No

Gymnasium

No

Wi-Fi Enabled

No

Ramps for Differently Abled

No

Fire Extinguishers

No

Clinic Facility

No

Examination center of CBSE

No

Admission Details

Admission Process

There will be an entrance test

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