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St. James' School
St. James' School
	Emblem of St. James' School (Kolkata)
Address
	165, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata 700014; Kolkata, West Bengal; India
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Pro Ecclesia Et Pro Patria; (For Church and For Country)
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of North India
Established	1864; 161 years ago
School board	Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (year 10); Indian School Certificate (year 12)
Principal	Terence Hamilton Ireland
Headmistress	Betty Matthews
Headmaster	Neville Holt
Staff	Varies
Enrollment	Varies
Campus	There are currently two branches of St. James' School that are as follows :- Campus 1 - St. James' School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ( situated in Entally ). Campus 2 - St. James' School, Behala, West Bengal, India ( situated in Paschim Barisha ).
Nickname	Jacobeans
Affiliation	Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations
Website	www.stjamesschoolkolkata.com

St. James' School, Kolkata, India, is a CNI school, and is one of the oldest private schools in India. It was founded on 25 July in 1864 by Bishop Cotton,^[1] and celebrated its sesquicentenary (150 years) in July 2014. It is an all boys school ^[2] and is associated with the ICSE and ISC Board of Education.^[1] The school has four houses which are Cotton, Copleston, Lefroy, and Westcott, each named after an English Bishop who served in India in the 19th century. In 1900, hockey team of St. James' School won the prestigious Beighton Cup title.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b St. James' School, Kolkata. "Official Website of St. Jame's School, Kolkata". Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^ "St. James': a journey from gravel to gold". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ O'Brien, Barry (4 December 2004). "All hail hockey on history high". Eye on Calcutta. Calcutta, India: The Telegraph (India). Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2007.
^ "BEIGHTON CUP WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP (1895—2019)". hockeybengal.org. Kolkata: Hockey Bengal. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.