“I can say that I entered the school with a heavy bag and I walked out with a heavy heart.” Udit Jain’s emotional farewell after leaving Class XII top of the year, with his ISC board exams 96%. Udit Class 4 Udit in Class XII Somewhere between “I don’t know how I am going to...Read More

Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (BCS) celebrated the school’s 163rd Founder’s Day (28 July 2022) in the monsoon mist, which made for a very atmospheric ceremony. Wreaths were laid at the statue in honour of the school’s founder, Bishop George Edward Cotton. Bishop Cotton founded the school after visiting Shimla and acquiring the land where the current school campus...Read More

Congratulations to Class XII boys for performing very well in their board exams with 100% success rate and an average score of well over 80%. History will quickly forget how much the pandemic disrupted their preparations or that the Class of 2021 had to sit bi-furcated exams that included one-dimensional MCQs and an exam period...Read More

Bishop Cotton School (BCS), Shimla has had the swimming pool open for action again this year after it remained closed during lockdown when only the Langurs went swimming. The school teaches all the pupils the importance of learning to swim.   Cottonians have been especially keen to get back into the pool and out of...Read More

Mitansh, Class X (aged 14) tells us about his exchange to Wrekin College, Wellington, UK this summer – “I remember every single thing about that week because it was one of my favourite weeks ever.” As usual the year started and everyone came back to school with different aims this year because many came back...Read More

INTER-HOUSE HINDI ELOCUTION COMPETITION Our BCS Hindi Elocution competition was held on 19th and 20th of July, 2022 in the Litster Hall by the Department of Hindi Language and Literature, BCS. Well done to all our Hindi poetry contestants Results are in:- Class III: 1st Angad Lather Rivaz, 2nd Riaan Madan Ibbetson, 3rd Jayesh Garg...Read More

The average score per student of 86.3% beats the highest by any batch who have sat physical exams.  Yash Bhati deserves special congratulations as the best performer with an average of 96.2%.  The students had a particularly challenging preparation during the pandemic which led to them being used as guinea-pigs in the protracted ICSE trial...Read More

Day 2 concludes the competition B. L. Modi Memorial Inter-School English Elocution Competition 2022 Eight local schools from Shimla came together for joyous performances on stage over a two-day event at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (15 and 16 July 2022).  This is the 24th year the event has been running at BCS in memory of Mr...Read More

https://www.outlookindia.com/national/-east-meets-west-bishop-cotton-school-s-cricket-tour-to-uk-with-a-dash-of-bhangra-weekender_story-209783?fbclid=IwAR16KiwREf4DpCRmjp8f1NtY6ksshXZh6D0Oyjiux-FetRDeGVMJFH4VyHw BCS boys playing cricket in the UK making friends and enjoying an amazing trip.Read More

Open Day at School in Shimla on 20th August 2022 – 11am – 2pm Entrance Exams held in September in: Shimla, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata Please contact secy@bishopcotton.com to register for our next entrance examRead More