We are delighted to welcome ‘home’ our new Headmaster, Mr Mathew P John and his wife Anuradha (who will be teaching English to Years 6&7). A Cottonian himself (but from the ‘other place’ in Bangalore), Mr John taught at BCS, Shimla from 1994 to 2000 and was instrumental in setting up the Slater Debates. Since…
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla will be using an online admissions process for recruitment into the school for the next academic year 2021. Given the immediate challenges faced by maintaining social distancing, the school is confident that it can assess the potential of all prospective students remotely and safely. Candidates for the Middle School will be…
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATED VIRTUALLY AT BISHOP COTTON SCHOOL, SHIMLA Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (BCS) celebrated the 74th Independence Day last Saturday (15 August 2020) but this year, for the first time in history, it was celebrated virtually with the school community contributing remotely online from home (see BCS video links below to the YouTube video…
29 July 2020 Virtual Founder’s Day Celebrated at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (BCS) celebrated their 161 st Founder’s Day yesterday (28 July 2020) but this year for the first time in history it was celebrated virtually with the school community mostly watching remotely online. Residential staff were present at the Shimla site…
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla celebrate Board results 13 July 2020 The Director of Bishop Cotton School, Shilma, one of the oldest boys schools in Asia, has congratulated the boys on their Board exams results in an unprecedented year. Simon Weale said today “Many congratulations to Class X (ICSE) and Class XII (ISC) who have now…
Bishop Cotton School — how Asia’s oldest boarding school is coping with the pandemic Virtual lessons continue, but students miss out on community living, traditions. A typical day at school begins at 6 in the morning and lasts till 10 at night, during which boarders are engaged in physical training, classes, organised games, prep…
Immediate Closure of BCS Dear Parents, Immediate Closure of BCS We have learned today from the State Government that all schools in Himachal Pradesh have been ordered to be closed until 31st March. This is a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. As such we have no option but to close the school…
Bishop Cotton School kindly request that only essential visitors are to be let into the school site. All visitors to the main security gates will be checked whether their visit is essential or not. Bishop Cotton is taking precautions against Coronavirus in order to keep all our children safe. Hand sanitisers have been issued to…
As the new batch are settling into boarding life and the whole school are back we thought we’d post a few photos of them here.
Congratulations to the BCS batch of 2019 who celebrated their leavers’ dinner last night in the ‘mess’ dining hall. Trophies, ties and special blue BCS gowns were presented to the boys by the Director, Mr Simon Weale. The outgoing batch were also given individually named Old Cottonian blazer badges, the first time this has been…