Campion School | |
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Location | |
13, Cooperage Road, Colaba, Mumbai India |
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Coordinates | 18°55′30″N 72°49′48″E / 18.924870°N 72.829962°E |
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Type | Private |
Motto |
Gaudium in Veritate (Latin: "Joy in Truth") |
Established | 1943 |
Principal | Paul Machado |
Staff | 35 |
Faculty | 50 |
Grades | Prep-10th |
Enrollment | 800 |
Houses | Britto, Loyola, Xavier, Berchmans |
Sports | Soccer, basketball, swimming, athletics, cricket |
Affiliation | ICSE |
Former Pupils | Old Campionites |
School Song | Campion Calls |
Website | campionschool |
Campion School is a public school for boys located at 13, Cooperage Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Established in 1943 by Jesuit Fr. Joseph Savall, the school is named after St. Edmund Campion, a 16th-century English Roman Catholic martyr.
In a 2009 pan-India survey of day schools conducted by Education World magazine, Campion was ranked 2nd in the country, after The Cathedral & John Connon School.
The school is housed in Wellesely House on Cooperage Road in the Fort neighbourhood of South west Mumbai. The school is across the street from Cooperage Ground, which is a major soccer stadium in Mumbai, as well as Oval Maidan a city landmark. The school has over 800 students and offers classes at elementary and secondary levels, ranging from preparatory to grade 10. It is affiliated with the ICSE school syllabus and has English as its primary language of instruction. In addition to academics, the school offers a wide range of co-curricular activities: soccer, cricket, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, basketball, music, drama, debates and elocution.