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<div>{{For|other schools with the same name|St. James School (disambiguation)}}<br />
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{{Infobox school<br />
| name = St. James' School<br />
| image = St._James'_Logo.jpg<br />
| caption = [[Emblem (heraldry)|Emblem]] of St. James' School (Kolkata)<br />
| motto = Pro Ecclesia Et Pro Patria<br />
| motto_translation = For Church and For Country<br />
| established = {{start date and age|1864}}<br />
| type = [[Private school|Private]]<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Church of North India]]<br />
| principal = Terence Hamilton Ireland<br />
| address = 165, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata 700014<br />
| city = [[Kolkata]]<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| enrollment = Varies<br />
| staff = Varies<br />
| campus = There are currently two branches of St. James' School that are as follows :-<br />
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Campus 1 - St. James' School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ( situated in Entally ).<br />
Campus 2 - St. James' School, Behala, West Bengal, India ( situated in Paschim Barisha ).<br />
| school_board = [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education]] (year 10)<br/>[[Indian School Certificate]] (year 12)<br />
| affiliation = [[Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations]]<br />
| website = {{URL|www.stjamesschoolkolkata.com}}<br />
| nickname = Jacobeans<br />
}}<br />
[[File:St James' School - Kolkata.jpg|thumb|school premises]]<br />
'''St. James' School''', [[Kolkata]], India, is a [[Church of North India|CNI]] school, and is one of the oldest [[private school]]s in India. It was founded on 25 July 1864 by [[Bishop Cotton]],<ref name=":0" /> and celebrated its sesquicentenary (150 years) in July 2014. It is an all-boys school<ref>{{Cite web|title=St. James': a journey from gravel to gold|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/st-james-a-journey-from-gravel-to-gold/cid/1608537|access-date=2020-07-28|website=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota}}</ref> and is associated with the [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|ICSE]] and ISC Board of Education.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=St. James' School, Kolkata|url=http://www.stjamesschoolkolkata.com/|title = Official Website of St. Jame's School, Kolkata|access-date=13 August 2015}}</ref><br />
The school has four houses, which are Cotton, Copleston, Lefroy, and Westcott, each named after an English Bishop who served in India in the 19th century.<br />
In 1900, the hockey team of St. James' School won the prestigious [[Beighton Cup]] title.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news<br />
| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041204/asp/calcutta/story_4080762.asp<br />
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20121208172753/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041204/asp/calcutta/story_4080762.asp<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 8 December 2012<br />
| title = All hail hockey on history high<br />
| access-date =2007-04-13<br />
| last = O'Brien<br />
| first = Barry<br />
| work =Eye on Calcutta<br />
| publisher =[[The Telegraph (India)]]<br />
| location=Calcutta, India<br />
| date=4 December 2004<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BEIGHTON CUP WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP (1895—2019)|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details|location=Kolkata|website=hockeybengal.org|publisher=Hockey Bengal|access-date=5 July 2022|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423035958/https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details}}</ref><br />
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== Notable alumni ==<br />
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* [[Arjun Atwal]], Indian professional [[golfer]]<br />
* [[Somnath Bharadwaj]], Indian [[theoretical physicist]]<br />
* [[Sourav Chatterjee]], Indian [[Mathematician]], Professor at [[Stanford University]] <br />
* [[Ashish Dhawan]], Indian [[philanthropist]] and former [[private equity investor]]<br />
* [[Ujaan Ganguly]], Indian actor<br />
* [[Sujoy Ghosh]], Indian actor, [[film director]], [[Film producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter]]<br />
* [[Rajesh Gopakumar]], Indian [[theoretical physicist]]<br />
* [[Kiyan Nassiri]], Indian [[Footballer]]<br />
* [[Pritam]], Indian [[composer]], singer and music producer<br />
* [[Sanjeev Sanyal]], Indian [[economist]], [[popular historian]] and author<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official website|http://stjamesschoolkolkata.com}}<br />
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