Bishop’s College School was founded in 1836 as the Lennoxville Classical School by the Reverend Lucius Doolittle, who also served as the first Headmaster. Back then, the School was housed in the St. James’ Parsonage and within four years twenty-three boys were enrolled. Tuition fees were set at 15 shillings per quarter in the Junior Forms and 25 shillings for the Upper Forms; board was £25 per annum (about $130 per year).



The school continued to grow and prosper over the years; unfortunately, not all of its students shared the same fate during periods of conflict. BCS takes tremendous pride in the fact that hundreds of former students volunteered and fought for Canada during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. Each year the names of those who fell (65 boys and three masters in the First World War, 62 boys in the Second World War and one master in the Korean War) are remembered during the School’s Remembrance Day Service.



Girls became an integral part of school life in the 1972-73 school year when BCS and the internationally renowned King’s Hall, Compton amalgamated. In 1995, the belief in equal opportunity was borne out by the appointment of Nancy Layton to Head of School, which marked the first female Head of a coeducational boarding school in Canada.



Today, BCS serves 260 students with a faculty of over 35 skilled and dedicated educators, and the campus is comprised of 26 buildings set on 350 acres, including playing fields and woodlands. As with the school’s humble beginnings, our goal continues to be the education of young people, enabling BCS students to benefit from a broader range of knowledge, a greater depth of understanding and a solid foundation of values. All made possible thanks to the support and encouragement of parents, friends and generation after generation of alumni, who are all part of the school’s rich history of achievement, vision and excellence.