Bishop Cotton School has been affiliated by Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations also known as CISCE. CISCE is globally accepted private board of school education which is popular for its balanced syllabus and its recognition by various foreign education systems in compare to any other board in India. CISCE board affilitaion code for Bishop Cotton School is HP004. Though this school is affiliated with Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations but one must note that affiliation is not permanent, their current affiliation status is provisional. Usually The school can apply for Permanent Affiliation after registering the first batch of students for the ICSE Class X Examination.
English is endorsed language of communication in classrooms and Bishop Cotton School has authorized english as medium of instruction and preferred textbook language as well. To provide a distraction free, focused and harmonious learning environment for students school management has decided to keep the school boys only i.e. girls are not allowed to take admission in Bishop Cotton School. This school has been granted the affiliation for Indian Certificate of Secondary Education examination and Indian School Certificate examinations by Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations that being said that this school is authorized to conduct examination for 12th and 10th both classes, which is good thing as student will not need switch school after 10th class.
Bishop Cotton School is 379th best school of India and its 2nd best school out of 23 CISCE Schools in Himachal Pradesh. This is one of the very best schools available in India. There are rare schools which are actually better than this school when we compare the real results. Students getting education from here will have high probability of reaching their full potential. One may take admission in this school without much thought. We would not say that this school is ten out of ten but at least it is nine out of ten. Management is doing its job extremely well and there teachers are well qualified and highly motivated.