Can you please help me in getting the details of the admission to the Bishop Cotton School Shimla?

Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, is the one of the oldest boarding schools not only of the country but also in Asia, having been founded on 28th July, 1859, by Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton, son of an Army Captain, who died leading his Regiment in battle.

Details of the admission to the school-



How to Apply

Please write to the Headmaster of the school by post requesting for the registration kit of the school along with a demand draft for Rs. 500/- favouring Headmaster, Bishop Cotton School, Shimla.

After this You will receive the School’s prospectus, CD and registration form to get the admission. On return of the form with a demand draft of Rs. 5000/- your son will be officially registered at the school. Please register him for the class to which he is seeking admission for the next academic year.

The registration amount is non-refundable and non-transferable at the school. Registration entitles a boy to go through the entrance procedure once. Neither registration nor the entrance test and procedure are in any way binding upon the school. Irrespective of the result of the entrance test, as the school reserves all right to admission to the aspirant

Admission and Entrance Exams

All registered candidates are expected to participate in the entrance procedure of the school to get the admisssion. Offer of admission is based on merit rating and vacancy at the class of the school. The Merit Criteria also includes points from the Student Information Form which the parents are expected to complete.

Test Criteria

The test to get the admission to the school will comprise half hour written tests in English, Hindi, Mathematics and General Awareness of the aspirant. There will also be a reading assessment and a verbal and non-verbal assessment to see if your child is prepared to cope with life in a residential school.

There is no syllabus being set for the test to get the admission to the school, neither are sample question papers available. At the time of registration, a Frame Of Reference for the class concerned is forwarded to you and the entrance test is based on this at the school.

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Address-

Bishop Cotton School
Shimla – 171 002
Himachal Pradesh
India
Phones: +91-177-2620880 [6 lines], 2620990
Fax: +91-177-2671360
Email: headmaster@bishopcotton.com

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