Overview
Auckland House School is an all girls' residential school located in Shimla. The school was started by Lord Auckland, (Governor General) in 1836 for his sisters and his own use.
The school is affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), New Delhi, and is recognised by the Department of Education, Himachal Pradesh.
Auckland House School aims at providing a sound education based on Christian principles and inculcating values through the life and teachings of Jesus. It strives to promote the highest spiritual, moral, intellectual and aesthetic values.
Campus
The school campus hosts spaciously designed classrooms, a computer laboratory, three Science laboratories and a well-stocked library. The school provides two fields for hockey and basketball, a large hall for badminton and gymnastics and another for table tennis.
Accomodation
The school provides residential facility for girls.
Academics
Affiliated with CISCE, the school imparts schooling from nursery through class XII. The school offers Humanities, Commerce, Medical and Non-Medical subjects in classes XI & XII. The Middle School syllabus is designed to enhance learning in the Senior School.
Career counselling, etiquette training and personality development are also offered to facilitate the all round development of the students.
Admission
The school’s academic year is divided into three terms beginning from the first week of March and ending early in December with a break of eight days in June and October.
Students are admitted from the age of 3 in the Nursery class and from 4 in the Kindergarten.
Admission form can be downloaded from http://www.aucklandhouseschool.org/admissions-generalrules.asp
Fees - Please contact the school for information on fees.
Achievements
The school was rated among India's top (A+++) schools in a survey by Mainline Media.