Chapslee School, which was started in 1973 with 2 students in Nursery, is now a coeducational, Senior Secondary School, affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. The current strength of the school is 1200 plus students, from Nursery to Class XII. The school is managed by the Chapslee Educational Society and is located in two campuses, the Junior school (Nursery to Class VIII) at Cha
pslee Estate and the Senior school (Classes IX to XII) at Northwood, below Keleston, Bharari Road, Shimla.The School provides the highest standards in education, including opportunities to participate in co-curricular activities and hobbies, such as Debates, General Knowledge Quiz, Elocution, Dramatics, Music, Art, Craft and Computer Studies.Active participation in sports, such as Athletics, Cricket, Volley ball, Basket ball, Table Tennis, Gymnastics and Boxing is an essential feature of the school programme. Trekking, camping and other outdoor activities are also greatly encouraged.The Senior School has 15 classrooms and separate, but fully equipped, laboratories, for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and Computers for the use of the students, in keeping with the standards laid down by the CBSE. A well stocked library, with a host of fiction, reference books and magazines, is available for recreation, or serious study. The Senior School utilises the Police Ground, adjacent to the school, for its requirement for sports.A Basketball Court is, however, provided on the Senior School Campus. The Junior School, on the other hand, has 21 classrooms, a library and a Computer laboratory. The campus also boasts of two playgrounds, including a Basket Ball Court, as well.Chapslee School, was founded on the 1st of September, 1973. It began as a play school in one small room with three children, one of whom was the founder's own son. It graduated in stages, first to a co-ed preparatory school for children seeking admissions to St. Edward's School or Loreto Convent, Tara Hall—then to a Primary school and later, a secondary school. It's first campus was at Chapslee Estate, but as it expanded, a second campus was started at Northwood, near the Police Lines, Bharari, Shimla. It was affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination in 1996 and the first Class X Examination was held in 1998. However, in April 2001, in order to fulfill the needs and demands of students and parents, the school changed over to the CBSE board and upgraded to the Senior Secondary stage. The 1st batch of class X children sat for the CBSE exam in March,2002, whilst the 1st batch of class XII appeared to the board exam in 2003.