Cathedral High School, Bangalore

The institution was founded in 1866 by the Rev. S.T. Pettigrew, the then Chaplain of St. Mark's Cathedral who had a vision of starting a school for the education of children of European and Anglo-Indian families. In his own words, he wanted to "establish a day and boarding School for the Children of Christian residents in the station and its vicinity." . After India gained independence from the British in 1947, the school began to be and is still governed by the Church of South India. The school (Nursery to standard ten) is affiliated to and accredited by, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE), New Delhi, the pre-university college (eleventh and twelfth commonly known as plus one and plus two) is affiliated to the department of Pre-University Education, karnataka.

• Vibrations is an open inter-house event hosted by the school. It consists of drawing, painting, debate, quiz and musical events where students of all ages can showcase their talents. It also encourages computer skills.
• Sports Day is an event that Cathedral hosts every year. Schools from Bangalore arrive to display their talents. Events such as football, basketball, and cricket are played on the Cathedral grounds and courts.

Cathedral is one of Bangalore’s venues for music and performing arts. Artists performing include Hariprasad Chaurasia, S. P. Balasubramanyam, Usha Uthup, Ke Jun (of the Chinese Opera), the National Dance Company of Ireland, the Shillong International Chamber Choir, The Chariot, Petra (the Grammy award-winning gospel rock band from the U.S.A.), ABBA revival group Björn Again, Grammy-nominee Enoch Fernando and Hariharan. A concert has been held by rock icons Deep Purple.

• Courpalias - Yellow
• Pettigrew - Blue
• Richmond - Red
• Stracy - Green
• Whistance - Purple