School Admission in Boarding Schools 2026
Apply to 415 boarding and day cum boarding schools across 31 states — admission process, fees and an enquiry link for every school.
How admission works in boarding schools
Admission rules differ from school to school. These are the usual steps — confirm dates, eligibility and fees with each school.
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Shortlist schools
Compare board, location, fees, facilities and whether the school is boys’, girls’ or co-ed. Use the list below to find schools that fit your child and budget.
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Check dates and eligibility
Each school sets its own age and class criteria and admission calendar. Many open registrations several months before the new session, so check early.
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Register and apply
Fill in the school’s application form (online or at the admissions office) and pay the registration fee, if any. You can also send an enquiry to the school from its page here.
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Entrance test and interview
Most boarding schools hold a written test and an interview with the child and parents, to understand the child’s readiness for residential life.
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Offer, fees and joining
Selected students receive an offer. Pay the admission fee, deposits and first term’s fees within the given dates, then complete the medical and joining formalities.
Not sure which school or when to apply? Our admission experts guide you for free.
Talk to an expertBoarding school fees
| Annual fees | Schools |
|---|---|
| Under ₹3 lakh | 75 |
| ₹3 – 6 lakh | 26 |
| ₹6 – 10 lakh | 16 |
| ₹10 lakh and above | 13 |
Based on 130 of 415 schools that publish fees.
Boarding schools (127)
Fully residential schools. Open a school to see its admission details and send an enquiry.
The Doon School, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹14,54,000 - ₹14,54,000
The Scindia School, Gwalior
Annual Fees
₹10,71,500 - ₹10,71,500
Welham Girls' School, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹11,10,000 - ₹11,10,000
The Lawrence School, Sanawar
Annual Fees
₹10,34,000 - ₹10,70,800
Rishi Valley School, Madanapalle
Annual Fees
₹9,25,000 - ₹9,50,000
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla
Annual Fees
₹7,80,000 - ₹9,20,000
The Lawrence School, Lovedale
Annual Fees
₹6,30,000 - ₹7,10,000
St. Paul's School, Darjeeling
Annual Fees
₹3,75,000 - ₹3,90,000
Kodaikanal International School, Kodaikanal
Annual Fees
₹15,85,000 - ₹20,25,000
The Welham Boys' School, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹10,81,250 - ₹10,81,250
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur
Annual Fees
₹75,840 - ₹78,240
Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani
Annual Fees
₹4,73,900 - ₹6,61,600
Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey UP Sainik School, Lucknow
Annual Fees
₹72,160 - ₹75,660
Sainik School Amaravathinagar, Amaravathinagar
Annual Fees
₹1,81,817 - ₹1,81,817
Sainik School Purulia, Purulia
Annual Fees
₹1,73,422 - ₹1,73,422
Birla Public School, Pilani
Annual Fees
₹3,70,000 - ₹6,79,200
Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital
Annual Fees
₹4,82,000 - ₹5,10,000
Sainik School Nagrota, Jammu
Annual Fees
₹1,88,873 - ₹1,88,873
Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior
Annual Fees
₹8,41,000 - ₹8,41,000
Sainik School Korukonda, Vizianagaram
Annual Fees
₹1,94,875 - ₹1,94,875
Sainik School Kazhakootam, Thiruvananthapuram
Annual Fees
₹1,92,865 - ₹1,92,865
Sainik School Tilaiya, Koderma
Annual Fees
₹1,82,965 - ₹1,86,465
Sainik School Rewa, Rewa
Annual Fees
₹1,80,573 - ₹1,80,573
Sainik School Goalpara, Goalpara
Annual Fees
₹1,74,560 - ₹1,74,560
Good Shepherd International School, Ooty
Annual Fees
₹12,00,000 - ₹17,70,000
Padmashree Dr. Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Sainik School, Loni
Annual Fees
₹1,41,000 - ₹1,66,000
Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar
Annual Fees
₹5,19,000 - ₹6,14,000
Kasauli International Public School, Kasauli
Annual Fees
₹3,05,900 - ₹4,01,500
Mayo College Girls' School, Ajmer
Annual Fees
₹11,52,000 - ₹11,52,000
Pinegrove School, Dharampur
Annual Fees
₹7,68,000 - ₹7,68,000
The Assam Valley School, Balipara
Annual Fees
₹5,30,000 - ₹6,45,000
Sahyadri School KFI, Rajgurunagar
Annual Fees
₹7,40,000 - ₹7,70,000
Vidya Niketan School and Jr. College, Panchgani
Annual Fees
₹1,90,000 - ₹2,20,000
The Doon Girls' School, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹5,03,580 - ₹6,39,456
SelaQui International School, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹8,66,000 - ₹9,25,000
Little Flower International School
Annual Fees
₹50,000 - ₹1,20,000
Sainik School Nalanda, Pawapuri
Annual Fees
₹1,82,524 - ₹1,82,524
Shivneri School & Junior College, Junnar
Annual Fees
₹2,16,950 - ₹2,58,000
Sainik School Jhansi, Jhansi
Annual Fees
₹1,76,853 - ₹1,79,603
DPS Sainik School, Rajnandgaon
Annual Fees
₹1,95,000 - ₹2,00,000
The Great India School (Sainik School), Raipur
Annual Fees
₹2,20,000 - ₹3,30,000
St. Jude's Public School and Junior College, Kotagiri
Annual Fees
₹1,57,466 - ₹2,11,854
Sainik School Jhunjhunu, Jhunjhunu
Annual Fees
₹1,85,438 - ₹1,85,438
Unison World School, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹11,20,000 - ₹11,20,000
Birla Public School, Kishangarh
Annual Fees
₹4,85,000 - ₹6,76,500
Heritage Girls School, Udaipur
Annual Fees
₹5,20,000 - ₹5,20,000
Shri Parshwapradnyalay Dnyan Sanskar Mandir, Talegaon Dabhade
Bharati Vidyapeeth God's Valley International School, Panchgani
Sainik School Chandrapur, Chandrapur
Annual Fees
₹2,46,386 - ₹2,46,386
Dalhousie Public School, Dalhousie
Annual Fees
₹4,11,750 - ₹4,15,410
RMK Residential Senior Secondary School, Kavaraipettai
Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School (Shangri-La Girls Campus), Mussoorie
Day cum boarding schools (288)
Schools that admit both boarders and day scholars.
Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram
Annual Fees
₹2,03,550 - ₹2,03,550
All Saints' College, Nainital
Annual Fees
₹4,98,392 - ₹5,27,718
La Martiniere College, Lucknow
Annual Fees
₹1,09,505 - ₹1,20,000
Rajkumar College, Raipur
Annual Fees
₹97,200 - ₹3,03,264
St. Mary's High School, Mount Abu
Annual Fees
₹84,000 - ₹89,350
Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling
Annual Fees
₹2,77,800 - ₹3,03,400
St. Peter's School, Panchgani
Annual Fees
₹2,56,750 - ₹4,39,500
Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong
Annual Fees
₹3,69,552 - ₹3,97,638
Manava Bharati India International School, Mussoorie
Annual Fees
₹2,30,000 - ₹2,60,000
Bai Avabai Framji Petit Girls' High School, Mumbai
St. Augustine's School, Kalimpong
Annual Fees
₹1,74,700 - ₹2,02,400
Yadavindra Public School, Patiala
Annual Fees
₹1,34,400 - ₹1,34,400
MES Raja Residential School, Kozhikode
Annual Fees
₹33,345 - ₹50,985
Dr. (Mrs.) Erin N. Nagarvala School, Kalyani Nagar, Pune
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Educare, Chromepet
Annual Fees
₹44,000 - ₹62,000
Apeejay School, Sector 16A, Noida
Annual Fees
₹2,20,951 - ₹2,52,203
Doon Valley Public School, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹4,00,000 - ₹5,00,000
Shri Hanwant Senior Secondary English Medium School (Sainik School), Chopasni, Jodhpur
Annual Fees
₹33,450 - ₹63,900
Bhavan's Gandhi Vidyashram, Kodaikanal
Annual Fees
₹56,000 - ₹2,46,000
Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok
Annual Fees
₹1,31,000 - ₹1,56,000
CSKM Public School, Chhatarpur, Delhi
Annual Fees
₹1,20,060 - ₹2,56,968
Mody School, Lakshmangarh
Annual Fees
₹5,11,000 - ₹5,11,000
Sree Sarada Vidyalaya (New Sainik School), Kalady
Annual Fees
₹25,520 - ₹34,760
Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls' Public School, Jodhpur
Annual Fees
₹4,93,480 - ₹5,29,360
Hamdard Public School, Talimabad, Delhi
Annual Fees
₹71,356 - ₹89,068
Maharana Mewar Public School, Udaipur
Annual Fees
₹73,200 - ₹1,05,000
Sacred Heart School, Siliguri
Annual Fees
₹3,20,130 - ₹3,54,310
Jaswant Modern Senior Secondary School, Dehradun
Yadavindra Public School, Mohali
Annual Fees
₹1,33,620 - ₹1,46,215
DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar
Annual Fees
₹71,680 - ₹91,780
Vidyadhiraja Vidyapeetom Central School & Sainik School, Mavelikara
Rawat Public School, Pratap Nagar, Jaipur
Annual Fees
₹2,76,000 - ₹2,82,000
Woodside School, Ooty
Annual Fees
₹3,50,000 - ₹3,65,000
St. Xavier's School, Nainital
Annual Fees
₹2,16,000 - ₹2,76,000
Vedavyasa Vidyalayam (Vedavyasa Sainik School), Kozhikode
St. Jude's School, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹59,800 - ₹84,400
St. Thomas Residential School, Thiruvananthapuram
Ram Ratna Vidya Mandir, Bhayandar
Annual Fees
₹4,67,300 - ₹5,91,500
Delhi Public School, Numaligarh
Annual Fees
₹61,610 - ₹71,550
Shri Baba Mastnath Residential Public School (Sainik School), Rohtak
Delhi Public School, Guwahati
Annual Fees
₹1,33,200 - ₹1,57,200
Pathways World School Aravali, Gurugram
Annual Fees
₹6,91,000 - ₹14,85,000
St. John's Whitehall Higher Secondary School, Shillong
Global Mission International School, Ahmedabad
Annual Fees
₹45,580 - ₹86,296
Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School, Vrindavan
Annual Fees
₹25,650 - ₹38,700
Ganga International School, Hiran Kudna, Delhi
Annual Fees
₹4,69,524 - ₹4,69,524
Delhi Public School, Itanagar
Annual Fees
₹55,000 - ₹1,20,000
Hollotoli School, Dimapur
Annual Fees
₹1,03,000 - ₹1,37,000
Heartfulness International School, Kanha
Annual Fees
₹94,000 - ₹3,96,100
Matrix High School, Sikar
Annual Fees
₹65,000 - ₹1,20,000
CLC International School, Sikar
Annual Fees
₹68,000 - ₹98,000
Goverdhan Vidyapeeth, Goverdhan
Annual Fees
₹10,000 - ₹24,000
Prachin Global School, Shankarpally
Annual Fees
₹96,500 - ₹1,37,500
Olympus High, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹3,60,000 - ₹5,20,000
Taurian World School, Ranchi
Annual Fees
₹6,47,000 - ₹6,97,000
Mahi International School, Agra
Annual Fees
₹26,400 - ₹44,400
S.R. Public Senior Secondary School, Kota
Annual Fees
₹33,700 - ₹49,250
Mayoor School, Siliguri
Annual Fees
₹4,41,000 - ₹4,90,600
Saraswati Gramodaya Higher Secondary School (Sainik School Govindnagar), Bankhedi
Annual Fees
₹1,55,000 - ₹1,55,000
Auckland House School, Shimla
Annual Fees
₹65,410 - ₹86,110
Shah Satnam Ji Girls School, Sirsa
Annual Fees
₹19,200 - ₹31,200
Orchids The International School, Sonipat
Annual Fees
₹1,02,300 - ₹1,10,000
Shri Ram Centennial School, Indore
Annual Fees
₹1,06,030 - ₹1,12,540
Om Landmark School, Gandhinagar
Annual Fees
₹34,000 - ₹92,060
Faculty Higher Secondary School, North Guwahati
The Emerald Heights International School, Indore
Livingstone Foundation International School, Dimapur
K.C.P Siddhartha Adarsh Residential Public School, Vijayawada
Anant School of Excellence (Sanskardham), Ahmedabad
Sree Vidyanikethan International School, Tirupati
JMK International School, Shimla
Annual Fees
₹1,86,000 - ₹2,55,000
Delhi Public School, Pali Road, Jodhpur
Annual Fees
₹64,260 - ₹86,220
Genesis Global School
Annual Fees
₹4,62,600 - ₹5,89,200
Green Valley School for Children, Gandhinagar
Annual Fees
₹48,000 - ₹57,000
Delhi Public School, Kalyanpur
Annual Fees
₹1,18,100 - ₹1,44,740
The Rajkumar College, Rajkot
Annual Fees
₹1,39,000 - ₹2,53,000
The Daly College, Indore
Annual Fees
₹4,48,000 - ₹4,48,000
Rishikul Vidyapeeth, Sonipat
Annual Fees
₹3,10,900 - ₹3,34,700
Lucky International School, Jodhpur
Annual Fees
₹1,22,200 - ₹1,73,100
Royal Rajasthan Public School, Abu Road
Annual Fees
₹34,000 - ₹80,000
Doon International School Riverside Campus, Dehradun
Annual Fees
₹5,60,000 - ₹6,60,000
Kimmins High School, Panchgani
Annual Fees
₹3,55,200 - ₹3,70,200
Rockwoods International School, Udaipur
Annual Fees
₹1,12,860 - ₹1,34,720
Good Day Defence School (New Sainik School), Hanumangarh
Dagshai Public School, Dagshai
Annual Fees
₹2,57,000 - ₹3,53,800
Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Kapuluppada, Visakhapatnam
Allons Public School (Sainik School), Bemetara
Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul International School, Khalapur
BAPS Swaminarayan Vidyamandir, Raysan, Gandhinagar
Ramanlal Shorawala International School, Mathura
Shri Bhawani Niketan Public School (Sainik School), Jaipur
Shiv Jyoti Convent Senior Secondary School, Rathkankara, Kota
S K International Sainik School, Rethare Dharan
Aston High School and Junior College, Panchgani
Oakridge International School, Visakhapatnam
Sanskruthi Global School, Visakhapatnam
Saraswati Vidya Mandir Keshav Vidyapeeth, Dehradun
Nazareth Convent High School and Junior College, Ooty
B.K. Birla Centre for Education, Talegaon Dabhade
School admission in boarding schools – frequently asked questions
- How do I get admission in a boarding school?
- Shortlist schools, check each school’s eligibility and admission dates, register or apply, appear for the entrance test and interview, and pay the fees once you receive an offer. You can send an enquiry to any school listed on this page.
- What is the difference between a boarding school and a day cum boarding school?
- A boarding school is fully residential, with students living on campus. A day cum boarding school admits both residential students and day scholars. This page lists both: 127 boarding schools and 288 day cum boarding schools.
- What are the fees of boarding schools in India?
- Among the 130 schools here that publish fees, annual fees range from about ₹24,000 to ₹20.25 L, usually covering tuition, accommodation and meals. Admission fees and refundable deposits are extra.
- Which documents are usually needed for boarding school admission?
- Typically: the child’s birth certificate, previous school report cards and transfer certificate, passport-size photographs, address and parent ID proof, and a medical fitness certificate. Each school publishes its own checklist, so confirm with the school.
- When does boarding school admission start?
- It varies by school, but many open registrations several months before the new academic session. Check the admission page of each school you shortlist, or talk to our admission expert for guidance.
Looking for top-ranked options? See our ranked top boarding schools, girls' boarding schools and boys' boarding schools — for example The Doon School, Dehradun.