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Cover Story EW VINTAGE LEGACY CO-ED BOARDING SCHOOLS RANKINGS 2025-26

Vintage legacy Co-ed boarding schools India league table

Rank Teacher welfare & development (100) Competence of faculty (200) Academic reputation (100) Co-curricular education & internationalism (100) Sports education (100) Curriculum & pedagogy (100) Individual attention to students (100) Leadership / management Safety & hygiene (100) Infrastructure provision Pastoral care (100) Mental & emotional well- being services (100) Quality of
2022 2023 2024 2025 quality (100) (100)

1+ 2 1 1 The Lawrence School, Sanawar 90 175 91 86 85 83 85 85 84 92 83 81 87 78 71 1356
2 3 2 2 Sherwood College, Nainital 77 173 85 75 80 77 74 81 84 83 80 77 84 89 83 1302
3 5 6 3 The Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty 78 180 77 78 78 83 78 86 84 79 79 80 80 82 75 1296
4 4 3 4 Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie 83 167 79 83 78 76 78 80 87 85 78 74 80 79 77 1284
5 4 5 5 Billimoria High School, Panchgani 82 173 73 72 82 80 76 82 86 84 81 76 79 79 78 1283
8 7 4 6 The Laidlaw Memorial School & Jr
College, Ketty Valley (TN) 88 174 81 74 78 77 79 81 80 78 79 77 77 79 77 1279
6 6 7 7 Montfort Anglo Indian Higher
Secondary School, Yercaud 75 179 75 80 75 84 79 74 78 80 81 75 79 72 75 1261
NR NR 8 8 Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok 70 149 74 80 75 77 74 70 77 77 75 72 75 77 68 1190

I am pleased to learn that we have been ranked our campus as curriculum under which children learn
India’s #1 vintage legacy co-ed boarding school experientially. Therefore, I am delighted with our top
“for the second consecutive year. This is a valida- score under the parameters of curriculum and peda-
tion of the excellent work and efforts of our teachers, gogy. Yet our top score for pastoral care gives me the
staff and students. I’m especially satisfied with the top greatest satisfaction as in a fully residential school, the
scores awarded to us under the parameters of teacher care and mentorship children receive is a critical de-
welfare and development, teacher competence and terminant in ensuring they realise their full potential. I
academic reputation as they are closely connected. also want to avail this opportunity to commend the EW
We host a full-fledged Teacher Enrichment Centre on Rankings team for stimulating healthy competition be-
campus in which our teachers are constantly innovat- tween schools to build a culture of excellence” — Him-
ing new pedagogies to improve students’ learning mat Dhillon, Headmaster, The Lawrence School,
outcomes. Moreover, we accord high importance to Sanawar (estb.1847, 719 students and 170 teachers)

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