Welham Girls' School

Founded in 1957, Welham Girls’ School has carved a niche for itself as an institution that encompasses not only academic excellence but fosters ethical, social and spiritual development in young women. Ranked as the Top Residential School for Girls in India for last several years by several organisations, Welham Girls’ School is conscious of a heightened sense of responsibility as an educational institution to raise the bar for quality and standard. 

The school has always been cognizant of the current trends in education and understands that we have to develop global citizens to face the challenges of the world of tomorrow which we cannot fully anticipate.  At Welham we believe we have to constantly strive to produce responsible students who value means than the ends. This has been in harmony with the school motto of "aartta shanti phala vidya" for the last 66 years!

Last year especially, the bar of academic excellence was raised when our topper scored 99% in Class XII. In the Class X results, the highest score was 98.40%. Welham takes pride in bringing the best out of every student and the class average of 92.06% in ISC and 94.6% in ICSE this year, corroboratesit.  Two of our CLass XII students were honoured by the Uttarakhand government as State toppers. The second position in the state was also secured by another Welhamite.

Welham attributes the tremendous success to the commitment and dedication of its staff and continues in its relentless pursuit towards excellence to reach greater heights. Welham Girls’ School offers more than 30 subject combinations in grades XI and XII and conducts regular national and overseas exchange programmes, educational tours, intense community service and trekking trips. Apart from excellent academics, the school offers a wide range of co-curricular and extra- curricular activities that develop qualities of initiative and leaderships, self-discipline, camaraderie, fair-play and public service.

Welham Girls’ School runs several enrichment programmes such as the International Award for Young People (IAYP), tGELF: the Global Education and Leadership Foundation Programme and World Scholar’s Cup.

Welham believes in nurturing the sense of belonging to the global community in every student. With a strong focus on internationalism, the school has expanded its exchange programmes with schools across the globe. The school is also member of the World Leading Schools’ Association (WLSA), the Round Square (RS), American Field Society (AFS) and Boarding Schools Association of India (BSAI) which furthers the effort to connect with young minds across the world. 

Welham Girls’ School endeavours to turn its students into responsible, global citizens of world-class excellence and provides an environment conducive for lifelong learning! The opportunities offered by the school work towards bringing out the 21st century skills such as Creativity, Communication, Collaboration and Critical Thinking all along carefully nurturing the finest values of honesty, empathy and righteousness.