Sherwood College

Private school in Uttarakhand, India

Sherwood College is a co educational residential school in Nainital, Uttrakhand , India. It was established in 1869 and is affiliated to CISCE and IGCSE. The school has been described in The Economic Times as one of a group of "old, rich and popular schools — the Eton equivalents in India These boarding schools are a state of mind in themselves, an attitude which can’t be duplicated".

The school's motto, in Latin, is Mereat Quisque Palmam, meaning "Let each one merit his prize". Sherwood was named after the Sherwood Foresters, and the school flag borrowed from their colours: bottle green, maroon and white. The houses are Allen a Dale or AD (red), Robin Hood or RH (green), Friar Tuck or FT (blue), and Little John or LJ (yellow), all named after Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Among the recent additions is the purple banner of the girls (Maid Marian).

The school is on a large, sprawling campus on the Ayarpata hill (one among the seven hills that boundary Nainital Lake). The school is divided into two parts: Dixon Wing (grades 7 12) and Horsman Wing (grades 3 6). There are separate dormitories for the students of both wings. The girls' dormitories are with the new teachers' residences, a little away from the main campus. The campus is an aesthetic blend of post Edwardian style buildings embellished with Gothic patterned windows, Romanesque arches, oak panelled walls, sturdy timber beams, quadrangles, and modern buildings. It is mandatory for all students to participate in sports and extracurricular cultural activities, such as theatre, music (Indian and Western), fine arts, elocution, debating, and bi annual group excursions.

Name From To Rev. E. Baston 1869 1880 R. J. Elliott 1880 1886 Rev. A. Hancock 1887 1892 Rev. E. Munro 1893 1896 Rev. R. Biggs 1897 1898 R. C. Rosselet 1899 1902 W. A. Pemberton 1903 1906 C. H. Dixon 1907 1932 Rev. A. E. Binns 1932 1947 R. T. Lean 1948 1951 Rev. R. C. Llewelyn 1951 1966 C. D. Beaman 1967 1970 T. A. C. Kemp 1972 1972 D. R. A. Mountford 1973 2003 Amandeep Sandhu 2004 present