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The Cathedral and John Connon School — Mumbai
School type: ICSE Heritage · Live coaching in IST · Campbell Biology depth, NSEB past-paper drilling, INBO long-form theory + OCSC practical skills
The Cathedral and John Connon School, established in 1860 in Fort, Mumbai, is one of India's oldest and most historically prestigious schools. The school runs the ICSE programme through Grade 10 and offers both ISC and the IB Diploma in Grades 11-12 (publicly reported in EducationWorld and the school's own communications). Cathedral's heritage status, Fort location, and dual ISC + IB senior school produce an unusual cohort — academically rigorous, internationally oriented, and deeply rooted in Mumbai's older professional community.
Cathedral's senior-school Biology programme runs across both ISC and IB Diploma tracks. The ISC track follows the CISCE syllabus closely, and the IB track runs HL and SL with full Section 6 lab support. A meaningful subset of senior-school Biology students sit the NSEB each year — historically more from the ISC cohort than the IB cohort, because the ISC syllabus is closer to NSEB's NCERT-style breadth. Cathedral is named on HBCSE NSEB / INBO selection lists in multiple years.
For Cathedral students, biology olympiad coaching plays slightly different roles depending on senior-school track. ISC-track students get Campbell Biology depth and structured NSEB past-paper drilling layered on top of their existing CISCE preparation — a strong fit because ISC's chapter breadth overlaps closely with NSEB's. IB-track students get NSEB-format drilling and INBO long-form theory writing on top of their IB HL depth. Our Small-Batch Weekend handles both well.
The Fort / Colaba / Churchgate / Malabar Hill commute pattern is mid-week-dense, so Cathedral parents default to weekend coaching. Our 100% live online weekend small-batch format works well — Saturday or Sunday morning IST sessions, full recordings, WhatsApp doubt resolution within 24 hours. The compact 2-3 hour weekly load fits alongside Cathedral's senior-school programme and the school's strong arts / debating tradition.
Sourced from publicly available rankings (EducationWorld, Times School Survey), the school's own annual communications, and HBCSE's publicly published olympiad selection lists.
Cathedral and John Connon is named on HBCSE INBO selection lists in multiple years (publicly available on HBCSE's olympiad results pages). The school's annual prize-day communications cite olympiad finalists across science subjects; year-wise qualifier counts are reported in the school's own materials.
Cathedral graduates matriculate to Mumbai medical colleges (KEM, GS Medical, Grant Medical, Seth GS Medical), AIIMS Delhi, IIT Bombay (for biotech / biosciences), IISc Bangalore, Ashoka University, US Ivy+ universities, UK Oxbridge / Imperial / Russell Group, and Canadian top universities. The cohort splits roughly evenly between India professional pathways (medicine, law, finance) and abroad biosciences / liberal-arts programmes.
Cathedral's senior school runs both ISC and IB Biology tracks. For ISC-track students, our coaching adds Campbell Biology depth and structured NSEB past-paper drilling on top of CISCE preparation (close overlap with NSEB's NCERT-style breadth). For IB-track students, our coaching focuses on NSEB-specific format and INBO long-form theory writing on top of IB HL depth. Weekend small-batch (Saturday or Sunday morning IST) is the standard schedule. We coordinate around ISC pre-board windows and IB DP2 mock cycles.
Same pricing worldwide, geo-converted to INR on checkout. Three clearly differentiated products — pick the tier that matches your goal and intensity.
$4,500/ year
9-12 month full programme. Campbell Biology coverage, weekly past-paper drills, mock exams, practical lab skills module. Senior tutor assigned for the year.
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One-on-one sessions with a senior olympiad tutor. Best for score optimisation, advanced topic weaknesses, or final-phase pre-national prep. Fully customised.
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Weekend small-group programme (4-6 students). Same Campbell curriculum. Peer learning plus structured past-paper practice. Saturday and Sunday morning IST.
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