History
The School celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1912, with its Founder marveling at its wonderful growth which he had not envisaged at its inception. In 1914, Robert Stanes was awarded Kaiser -I-Hind medal, and was bestowed with Knighthood in the year 1920.
As the number of students grew, the need for the School was to establish a holistic educational system with a strong emphasis on Sports and Games. To achieve this, Sir Robert Stanes bought the present spacious campus on Avinashi Road. The foundation for the main block was laid on September 23rd 1927, by the Governor General of Madras, the Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst, in a grand manner. The School has ever been noted as an Anglo-Indian Protestant Evangelical School, where the Word of God is read and taught daily. “The unseen foundation of the new building was being laid on the solid ground of God’s Word, the Bible” were Sir Robert Stanes’ words on the big day.
Sir Robert Stanes slept in the Lord in Coonoor in 1936 and is buried alongside his wife, Harriet Huntingdon Harris (1843–1901), at All Saints Church, Coonoor.
The School thereafter has grown phenomenally in every sphere of School education. It is renowned as being one of the oldest and best Public Schools in the country.
In the year 2012, the school proudly celebrated its Sesquicentennial year, 150 years since its foundation in a grand manner.
In the year 2022, the school celebrated its Post Centennial Diamond Jubilee, having completed 160 years in the field of education.
The Cambridge Early Years was introduced for the Nursery school in the year 2024 with Affiliation No IA 602 from Cambridge International Education.
Our esteemed institution is the Alma Mater to a galaxy of renowned achievers and highly accomplished leaders in every walk of life, from sporting success to the professions, entrepreneurship and public life. Stanes proudly continues its goal of producing dedicated, good citizens of India, ever keeping in mind its motto “Excelsa Sequar” (Aim for the Highest) and our masthead “To God be the Glory.”