Somerville School
D-89, near Sommer ville school, Block E, Chora Sadatpur, Sector 22, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, India
http://www.somervillenoida.in/
Somerville School is a premier co-educational day school founded in 1987 by the Lott Carey Baptist Mission with its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Occupying a lush 6.5-acre campus in Sector-22, Vasundhara Enclave, East Delhi, it currently serves roughly 2,500 students from Nursery through Class XII under the aegis of the Directorate of Education, Delhi, and is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi.
Built on the twin pillars of “Knowledge is Power” and “Character is Destiny”, the school offers a balanced curriculum that blends rigorous academics with vibrant co-curricular programmes. From Class IX upward, it streams into Science, Commerce and Humanities, guiding students toward national entrance examinations as well as the SAT, TOEFL and IELTS. To facilitate this, the campus houses 65 ICT-enabled classrooms, four advanced science laboratories, a biotechnology lab, a mathematics and robotics hub, and three separate computer labs for the Primary, Middle and Senior Wings.
At the arts end, the 400-seat auditorium hosts the annual inter-house dramatics competition, choir recitals and the Somerville Model United Nations, which draws over 350 delegates. Music rooms are equipped with grand pianos, electric guitars and a digital audio workstation; the art wing features ceramic kilns, silk-screen and etching facilities, and an ever-evolving student art gallery. A one-acre astro-turf field accommodates football, hockey and athletics; basketball, volleyball and badminton courts surround an eight-lane 25-metre swimming pool complete with junior training lanes.
The school is recognized as a British Council International School (ISA) and collaborates annually with partner schools in Canada, Japan and Kenya on sustainability projects. A dedicated CISCO and SAP-trained career-counselling team organises university fairs, mock interviews and internships with organisations such as IIT-Delhi and the National Institute of Immunology. The Annual Somerville Confluence brings speakers from IITs, Mercedes-Benz Research and Yale University.
Beyond academic excellence—evidenced by a consistent 100% CBSE first-division result and 19 students scoring above 99 percentile in JEE-Mains in 2023—the school nurtures a strong service ethic. Each Friday afternoon students fan out to the nearby Madanpur Khadar slum for literacy drives, computer lessons and health check-ups conducted with NGO Chetna. An in-house solar rooftop plant meets 40% of daily energy needs, rainwater harvesting provides 70,000 litres of storage, and the Green Brigade student club recently converted two playgrounds into butterfly gardens, polling accolades from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee.
Managed by a 175-member teaching faculty, 42% of whom hold doctoral or NET qualifications, Somerville prides itself on a 1:18 teacher-student ratio and continuous professional upgrading through Oxford University and Harvard Graduate School of Education. With its rare synthesis of international vision rooted in Indian ethics, Somerville School stands as a beacon of holistic, future-ready education in the heart of the capital.
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- Published: July 26, 2025
