Legacy of Excellence
Founded in 1860, the Cathedral and John Connon School blends traditional values with modern educational practices to provide top-tier education to over 1,960 students. It has its origins as a choir school which was created to provide choristers for St Thomas's Cathedral 'The Mother Church of the Diocese of Bombay'. The school fosters a strong community through four Houses: Palmer, Barham, Wilson, Savage and offers diverse cultural, sporting, and extracurricular activities, including debates, sports, and global competitions. Emphasizing experiential learning, skill-based education, and critical thinking, Cathedral equips students to adapt to a changing world and become global citizens with a strong local understanding. With a focus on mental health, personalized support, and innovative teaching methods, the school ensures every student receives the guidance needed. With state-of-the-art facilities and a legacy of over 165 years, it continues to shape confident, compassionate, and globally-minded students, grounded in the British Public-School traditional system. The School has 6 buildings: Pre-Primary Section, Infant School, Junior School, Middle School, Senior School, and High School.
Our Mission
Melding traditional values into a contemporary, real-world context, the Cathedral and John Connon School aims to provide an education to young minds that will allow them to: learn how to learn, understand how to adapt to the changing world around them, become global citizens who are also fortified with local understanding, develop a sense of international mindedness and cherish the individuality of man as well as the commonality of mankind.
Guiding Principles
At the Cathedral and John Connon School, we believe that education serves to bridge widening gaps in a shrinking world. We endeavour, as individuals and as a community, to be honest - with others and with our own selves and caring, of other people, the Earth, and of our physical environment. As a school, we strive to temper our daily thoughts and actions with a continuous striving for excellence – academic and non-academic, as well as to fortify our students with the core values of honesty, compassion, inclusion, courage, altruism, service and honour.
