Our History

Our School was started in 1854, being first housed in Bithakhana Church compound under the management of the Sisters of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  It was the second Loreto Day school to open in Calcutta being pre dated by Loreto Bowbazar.  

In 1879, the Loreto Sisters left the school in order to start Loreto Dharamtalla and for 23 years it was looked after by some pious ladies. 

In 1902, it moved to its present premises, which were donated by the Archbishop of Calcutta, and the Loreto sisters returned, travelling to and from Loreto House by “horse gharry”. The remains of the old stable inside the gate are still to be seen in the cobbled flooring. 

In 1927, the concert hall and large classroom above was constructed and in 1932, the free school block inside the gate was built.  In spite of many plans, no further construction took place until 1980 when the concert hall block was demolished to allow for a large four storey block in its place providing 12 new classrooms and staffroom as well as a spacious undercroft for games. 

In 1988, the old building was renovated to provide 3 floors in what had been a two floor building. 

In 1997, the school acquired the property next door which had originally belonged to Sir Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose and having demolished the old building put up another four storey block which is now used extensively for teacher training and other outreach programmes.