About Us

St Xavier’s Sr. Sec. School, Delhi, started in 1960 under the aegis of the Society of Jesus (popularly known as the Jesuits), an international Christian religious order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyala in 1540, is a 14 acre sprawling complex situated at 4 Raj Niwas Marg, Civil Lines, Delhi-54, next to the Delhi Lt. Governor’s House on the Raj Niwas Marg, just a stone’s throw away from the Kashmere Gate ISBT and the Delhi Metro Station.

In 1958 the Patna Province of the Society of Jesus wanted to start a school in Delhi and the Cecil property, 4, Raj Niwas Marg, Delhi-54 was purchased for the purpose. On 6th Jan 1960 His Excellency the most Rev. James R. Knox, the Apostolic Internuncio in India, blessed the school building. Fr. Thomas Athazhapadam, S.J. addressed the first morning assembly on the opening day from the balcony of the present Prep Department in the absence of Fr. Charles Saldhana S.J., the designated principal who suddenly fell ill and had to be hospitalized. On 11th Jan 1960 St. Xavier’s School opened with three sections of class IV and two sections of class V. On 12th Jan 1960 Standards II and III were opened, the former having three sections each and the latter having four sections each. On 13th Jan 1960 standard I was opened with three sections. On 15th Jan 1960 Prep classes were begun. Total number of boys on the rolls from Classes prep to Vth was 701. On 18th Feb 1960 Recognition was granted to the school by the Director of Education, Delhi. On 8th Jan 1961 Standard 6th was added. On 21st March 1961 No 2 Ludlow Castle Road house and property were registered in the name of St. Xavier’s School. By 24th March 1962 the full size football field was finally ready. On 3rd November 1963 the school held the first School Fair. On 31st July 1964 on the Feast of St. Ignatius, the new Science block was blessed by Rev. Fr. Loesch S.J. the Rector. And by 1965, the Junior and Senior School buildings were ready and were occupied.
As the school celebrates its Golden Jubilee on 6th Jan. 2010 it takes pride in having guided thousands of young men and women, by imparting quality education. Though it was started as a residential school, today it has become a true neighborhood school, educating about 3200 students from the Prep standard to class 12. The school has the staff strength of 150 in all the three departments- Senior, Junior and the Prep. In the beginning the school followed the ICSE curriculum, but later it was affiliated to the CBSE. The first batch of students passed the Indian School Certificate Examination in 1966.
“There are two types of education- one that teaches you how to make a living and the other that teaches you how to live”. St Xavier’s School helps its students to achieve this by following its motto ‘Esto Vir’ (Be a Man/Play the Man) given by King David to his son Solomon. This is achieved by organizing various extra curricular activities. ’Every Student a Winner’ is the aim of education at St. Xavier’s.

St. Xavier's School,Delhi is a Roman Catholic Christian, co-educational school from prep to grade 12 founded and run by Jesuits. The school is located on Raj Niwas Marg in the Civil Lines area of Delhi, India. The school has another branch in Rohini, on the outskirts of Delhi.

The school drawing inspiration from the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, aims at facilitating the Xaverian family spiritual and moral as well as intellectual and aesthetic values.

Founded in the year 1960, the school works under the management of the Society of Jesus, an International Christian Religious order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1540 AD. The school is recognised by the Directorate of Education, Delhi Administration and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education for the All India Secondary School Examination and All India Senior School Certificate Examination.

One of the most important aspects of the clientele of Xavier’s is the cosmopolitan quality of them. There are Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains studying together; there are students whose parents hail from different parts of the country like, North India, East and North East, South India and so on; there are the sons and daughters of politicians, leading bureaucrats, successful businessmen, clerks, peons, sweepers- all studying together in the same class room without feeling any class distinction or religious differences. They learn, play, run around the campus without knowing the differences that exist among them. The single unifying factor is that they are all Xaverians and they are proud to acknowledge this fact. Isn’t this more important than the number of doctors or engineers or technocrats or politicians we have produced during the last 50 years?