Cathedral Composite Pre-university College & High School

History

The institution was founded in 1866 by the Rev. S.T. Pettigrew, who also founded other institutions like the Bishop Cottons schools. It is affiliated to, and accredited by, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations(ICSE), New Delhi, only the grades after the tenth are affiliated to the state board.

Cultural and co-curricular programmes
Vibrations is an open inter-house event hosted by the school. It consists of drawing, painting, debate, quiz and musical events where students of all ages can showcase their talents. It also encourages computer skills.
Sportstop is an event that Cathedral hosts every year. Schools from Bangalore arrive to display their talents. Events such as football, basketball and cricket are played on the Cathedral grounds and courts.
WinterBration the 2-day "Cathedral Carnival" is an annual event hosted at Cathedral High School where teachers and students set up stalls.

Music

Cathedral is one of Bangalore’s venues for music and performing arts. Artists performing include Hariprasad Chaurasia, S. P. Balasubramanyam, Usha Uthup, Ke Jun (of the Chinese Opera), the National Dance Company of Ireland, the Shillong International Chamber Choir, The Chariot, Petra (the Grammy award winning gospel rock band from the U.S.A.), ABBA revival group Björn Again, Grammy-nominee Enoch Fernando and Hariharan. A concert has been held by rock icons Deep Purple.