Colonel Brown Cambridge School


Colonel Brown Cambridge School is an English medium residential school located in Dehradun, India. Founded in 1926. it was the first residential school in Dehradun.
The campus is in the town of Dehradun on the foothills of Mussoorie, with 500 students and nine hostel buildings.

History

Academics

The academic year is in two sessions - 30 July to 30 November and 30 January to 30 May.

Admission

The school holds a very rigid policy as far as admission tests to the entrance classes are concerned. A child is admitted to the school purely on the basis of merit and recommendations of any kind debars him from admission to the school.

Management

The school is run by the "N.S. Educational Society" registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 and is recognized for the purpose of sending up students for the I.C.S.E.

Founder's Day

Founder's Day is celebrated each year on 17th March.
The school celebrates Annual Day in the month of March. Arts & Crafts exhibition, march-past,P.T, yoga, drama etc. are shown on this day to the parents who arrive to pick their child for 7 day vacation.

Notable alumni

The students studying at CBS are also called Brownians and the ex students are called ex-Brownians or simply Old Boys. Colonel Brown Cambridge School has produced many prominent and notable persons which include the following: