The formation of Bombay Scottish School began in 1847 when the Scottish Christian missionaries established the ‘Scottish Female Orphanage’ at Byculla, for benefit of the daughters of Presbyterian soldiers and Indian Navy Seamen. The success of this first institution led to the establishment of the ‘Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians’ in 1856. These two humble institutions were united in 1859 under the name of the ‘Bombay Presbyterian Male and Female Orphanage’. The name was changed in 1863 to the ‘Bombay Scottish Orphanage’.In 1867, a society with its own constitution, and rules and regulations, was formed. A new constitution was adopted in 1886 and since then the Society is known as the ‘Bombay Scottish Orphanage Society’.The Bombay Scottish School has excelled, for over 169 years, in providing fine education, to the pupils entrusted to its care. In these years that have gone by, the School endeavored kindling a fire in the young minds of its pupils, preparing them for a world of tomorrow, full of challenges, so that in the words of Plato ‘they may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.The School follows the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) up to the tenth grade and the Indian School Certificate (ISC) for the eleventh and twelfth grades. Mahim
