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La Martiniere School was established in 1836 by Frenchman, Major General Claude Martin. It is one of the best Schools in the country with nearly 6000 students from Lower Nursery to class XII, affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Examinations –New Delhi. In its 189 years of existence, the School continues to pursue excellence as enshrined in the School Motto ‘Labore et Constantia’ (by labour and consistent effort).
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Academic Excellence
Alumni Success
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La Martiniere ,Kolkata
Admission
Online application forms for admission to class Lower Nursery in La Martiniere for Girls (LMG) and La Martiniere for Boys (LMB) for the academic session 2026-2027 will be available in the school website (www.lamartiniere.co) in the month of July 2025.
Criteria & Procedure for Lower Nursery:
- The date of birth of the candidate must fall between 1st January 2023 and 31st December 2023 (both days inclusive) to be eligible for Lower Nursery for the session 2026-2027.
- Once available online, the Prescribed Online Form must be filled and submitted in our website www.lamartiniere.co attaching one passport size photograph each of the candidate, father and mother.
- In case of adopted child and single parent, all legal documents, in original, and photocopies (self- attested), must be produced during interaction.
- Medical Certificate, as per prescribed format given, must be produced during interaction, in original, duly signed by Registered Medical Practitioner.
Kindly note that all photocopies of documents must be self-attested. THESE WILL ONLY BE REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF INTERACTION WITH ORIGINALS. - The date for availability of online Application Form shall be intimated in due course of time.
Criteria & Procedure for Admission to Other Classes
Applications may be sent through email (with scan copy of birth certificate of the candidate, last report card (if available) and brief bio data for the parents) for admission request for all other classes for La Martiniere for Boys & La Martiniere for Girls to:
The Secretary
La Martiniere , Kolkata
Email ID :- lmcao@lamartiniere.co
Claude Martin's Legacy
In 1752, a 17-year-old Frenchman named Claude Martin came to India as a humble private in the armies of the East India Company. But Claude Martin was no ordinary soldier of fortune. He rose rapidly to the rank of Major General and also spent many years in the service of Shuja-ud-daulah, the Nawab of Oudh. By the time of his death in September 1800, he had amassed property worth over half a million pounds sterling.
So far, Claude Martin’s career reads like that of so many other Europeans who found fame and fortune under the powerful patronage of the East India Company. And indeed, if that was all there was to the man, he would have soon been forgotten in the musty pages of history.
However, Claude Martin was a man of vision and he left generous endowments to start schools in Lucknow, Kolkata and in Lyon, in his native land of France. La Martiniere Schools, Kolkata, were the result of his desire to start an educational institution for the “public good of the town of Calcutta.”
It took 30 years to dispose off the litigation arising out of Claude Martin’s will. Finally, as a result of a Supreme Court decision, La Martiniere Schools opened in Kolkata, on 1st March, 1836.
La Martiniere for Boys offers an all-round education up to the Higher Secondary level. It is affiliated to the Council for the ISC Examinations New Delhi, which conducts the ICSE & ISC Examinations at the close of Classes X & XII.
The school has a very wide spectrum of co-curricular activities which receive as much importance as the academic disciplines. Through this extensive range of activities, the students are exposed to varying situations and issues. They regularly participate in Inter-School Competitions at the local, State, National and occasionally, at the International level.
The scholastic, the intra and the extra-mural programmes of La Martiniere are geared to nurturing academic excellence, independent and creative thought, tapping of diverse talents, leadership training and a deep commitment to serving the community.
Sir Catchick Paul Chater: Our Benefactor
Sir Catchick Paul Chater, a Foundationer and ward of the school studied in La Martiniere from 1856–1863. From an early age Chater displayed academic brilliance and a limitless capacity for hard work. After completing school, Chater entered the world of trade and commerce and prospered. By the second decade of the 20th Century, he was a very rich, famous and deeply respected banker in Hong Kong. His philanthropy was already legendary and earned him a knighthood from the British Crown.
In the meanwhile, La Martiniere Schools, Calcutta were in dire financial straits and, in a desperate bid to keep bankruptcy at bay, were forced to sell two large buildings near either gate of the Boys' School. It will remain to the eternal credit of the Martinere teachers of this period, that they volunteered for a substantial cut in their salaries in a heroic but vain bid to save the school. Unfortunately, all these efforts failed to solve the schools' financial dilemma and, La Martiniere prepared to close down.
Learning that the school was in deep financial distress and on the verge of closure, Paul Chater sent his Alma Mater a generous donation of Rs. 6 lakhs in 1925, and Rs. 5 lakhs the following year. He also expressed a desire to visit his Alma Mater in 1926. Unfortunately, he died on 27th May, 1926, two months before his proposed visit.
To perpetuate its benefactor's name, a grateful Martinere included Chater's name in the school prayer and named an annual holiday after him, and his bust erected at Junior School lawn.
The rest is history and, without once looking back, La Martiniere has moved from strength to greater strength.
Email Address
Secretary's office
secretary@lamartiniere.co
(Secretary)
lmcao@lamartiniere.co
(office)
