Wynberg Allen School

Wynberg-Allen School was founded in 1888 and is one of India's oldest educational institutions. Located on the hills near Kulri, Mussoorie, India, this school has always maintained an excellent standard of holistic education and co-curricular activities for its students.

Historical Note

From a meeting in Kanpur in 1887 of friends, Mr. Powell, Mr. & Mrs. Foy and Brig. Condon, who became the Founders, came the first school at Jabarkhet along the Tehri road. This provided education in the hills for some twenty children. It was established as a Non-Conformist School though, from the beginning, as far as funds permitted, no child of any denomination was refused admission. In 1894, the school was shifted to the present Wynberg Estate and the years onward form a romance of love, faith and generosity and sacrificial service of those who built up what is now the great work of 'Wynberg-Allen'.

In 1916 the Governing Society was formed. The object of the Society was to provide for and give to children, wholly or partly of European descent, an education based on Protestant Christian principles; to maintain such children and to give them an academic and practical training conducive to economic welfare and happiness.

Up to 1926, boys and girls had been accommodated on the Wynberg estate. In that year, however, older boys were transferred to the new Henry Allen Memorial School built on an adjacent hill which became the Senior School for Class 7 and upwards.

In 1963, the school became a co-educational institution. In 1968, a modern block, consisting of class rooms, dormitory accommodation for Junior boys and members of staff, was opened in Wynberg. The school now has a new auditorium, gymnasium and a science block (including a computer lab) in Allen, the Senior School. The school is managed by the Wynberg Homes Society, a society registered under the Societies Act of 1860, on inter-denominational lines through a representative and influential Board of Management appointed by it.

The work of the Society has made continuous and great progress. The school now accommodates around 700 children and is second to none in the country in the varied facilities it offers and the results it has achieved. Physical and moral welfare receive equally careful attention as do academic interests from dedicated and capable staff.

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