South Point School (India) - Campuses

Campuses

The school is divided into two campuses located close by:

• The junior section (South Point School (SPS) located at 16, Mandeville Gardens, Kolkata - 700 019, while
• The high school (South Point High School (SPHS) located at 82/7A, Ballygunge Place, Kolkata - 700 019.

Classes between nursery and class five are taught in the junior section, while classes between six and twelve are conducted at the high school campus.

Having started with only 20 children, the school has 13,500 students in up to 15 sections divided between morning and afternoon sessions for every standard. It has 405 teachers, and 245 members of non-teaching staff. The campuses are under CCTV surveillance with thirty-two cameras installed covering all the gates and the corridors. South Point held the record for being the world’s largest school from 1984 to 1994 according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Others who were instrumental to the success of this institution are Ashutosh Mukherjee, better known as "Ashu Babu", Prithwish Kumar Kar, Anjan Baran Das Gupta (Anjan Babu), Prof. J. P. Bose, Prof. Biswanath Chatterjee and Gaur Hari Khara. The Bengali film and theater actor, Utpal Dutta was, at one time during his long career, a teacher of the English language at SPS. The quiz-master, Barry O'Brien was in charge as assistant principal of South Point High School for seven years and also taught English.

• The principals are:
  • Junior school: Smt. D.K. Chadda
  • High school: Smt. Rupa Sanyal Bhattacharya
• Timings: Vary from class to class -
  • Morning session - starts from 6:40 am to 9:00 am and ends between 11:35 am and 12:30 pm
  • Afternoon session - starts from 11:45 am to 12:30 pm and ends between 2:45 pm and 5:15 pm