STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES OF INDIA

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* 26 Mar 2026

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St. George's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai is considered India's oldest school, established in 1715 by Rev. William Stevenson, the chaplain of St. Mary’s Church, Fort St. George as the Military Male Orphan Asylum. Located in Shenoy Nagar operating out of a historic 21-acre campus, it initially served only British children and those of East India Company officials ( to provide education for orphans of European soldiers), denying admission to Indians during early British rule.
Today, it is a co-educational institution providing education from nursery to Class 12, affiliated with the Anglo-Indian Board of Education. The school is renowned for its long history and has a, library that still contains books from the 18th century.
The chapel and the classroom block of St George’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School are included in the list of CMDA’s (Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority) 400 heritage structures in the city of Chennai.
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Founded in 1715 by Rev. William Stevenson, the chaplain of St. Mary’s Church, Fort St. George, the school traces its origin to St. Mary’s Church Charity School that was started by him. The school was the first to be founded by the Church of England in India with 30 children. In 1917, it was joined with male and female orphan asylums and moved to the Old Redoubt. As the school strength grew to 75 boys and 65 girls from the orphanages, in 1867, it was shifted to where the present Egmore Railway Station stands. However, with the expansion of the railway station, the school moved to its current site in Shenoy Nagar. It was renamed St. George’s School and Orphanage in 1954.
Source: The Hindu