Sunbeam School Lahartara, Varanasi

Sunbeam School, Lahartara Varanasi is one of the reputed schools in the city that aims to deliver academic excellence in each possible way with an affiliation to CBSE. Sunbeam was founded in 1972 by Dr Amrit lal' Ishrat Madhok and Mrs Deesh 'Ishrat' Madhok, who felt the need of a private educational institution to cater to the holistic educational needs of the student's fraternity in Varanasi and thus was born Sunbeam. The esteemed school chain consists of many schools in different cities. The journey of Sunbeam school chain is commendable as it started with a small rented apartment with few students and more than 16000 students are a part of the sunbeam school chain. 

The Sunbeam school, Varanasi is working effectively and efficiently in providing excellent education with its sister organisations in Azamgarh, Ghazipur, Mughal Sarai, Mau, Sultanpur and in many more cities. The school sprawls over 2.1 acres with spacious, well-ventilated classrooms open out into broad, bright hallways, well-equipped labs for physics chemistry and biology, separate language labs and two ventilated libraries. The school not only offers excellent education but it takes care of overall development of a child and has sports facilities which include courts for basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis, a shooting area, karate ring and a corner for peace, that is yoga corner. The institution takes care of aesthetic and artistic side of students by providing pottery and sculpture arena. The school has set up a career information cell with a trained counsellor to keep senior students abreast of latest developments on the career front. The institution provides a friendly and homely atmosphere with healthy boarding and lodging facilities for both boys and girls who come here from far and wide. The hostel is comfortable, and it provides the students as they are home away from home. The school celebrates its annual day, Independence Day, republic day, teacher's day and many more events every year with a lot of enthusiasm. Overall, the school provides the best education as well as societal and cultural values, and it helps in widening the outlook of the students.

The school is affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and offers classes from playgroup to class XII. The admission is made based on the interview. 

The school admission starts around the 1st week of December and closes by the end of February.

Documents required

A student must produce evidence of the date of birth (a birth certificate for the PG and KG section and a TC of the previous school from class I upwards) by the second week of April, failing which the admission will stand cancelled.

The original and photocopy of the previous school's mark sheet by the second week of April, failing which the admission will stand cancelled. The school leaving certificate of a student joining the school from class VII upwards must be countersigned by the educational authorities of the district in which the previous school is situated.

The school will consider only those students who get 60% or above in the CBSE Board exam of Class X for admission to class XI. The percentage requirements are different for Science, Commerce and Humanities stream.

Please note that the school will accept a student only to the class mentioned on the transfer certificate and to no higher class, nor will a student be promoted before the end of a school calendar year.

1. The admission for all the students (CBSE/ICSE) will be decided on the cumulative performance of the students in the previous four years (i.e. classes VII to X) and Scholarship Aptitude Test - SAT.
2. The general attitude, discipline, performance in previous classes and regularity to school will also be taken into consideration for admission.
3. Only English Medium Students of ICSE/CBSE affiliated schools are eligible for admission.
4. The selected students must appear for the interview and counselling session. (The school will display the timings on the notice board along with the results).
5. Candidates appearing for the interview and exam should be in their previous school uniform and be accompanied by their parents. They should carry the original copy of class X (ICSE/CBSE) Exam mark sheet, Report Cards of classes VII, VIII & IX, other Merit certificates.
6. If the students fail to meet the required criteria for admission in the entrance exam, they have to choose an alternate stream.
7. If the student fails to pass class X Exam or gets a compartment, the admission in class XI will not be granted.
8. Admission is subject to the discretion of the management.
9. All students opting for Physical Education, Tabla, Sitar, Vocal, Bharatnatyam and Applied Arts will have to appear for a practical cum aptitude test.
10. All students opting for Computer Science, Informatics Practices, Multimedia & Web designing, Maths, Psychology, Hindi, Sanskrit will have to appear for the written test in the subject.
11. The seat gets automatically cancelled if admission is not taken within seven days of the result declaration.

Age elegiability 

Play Group: 2 years & 6 months  

LKG: 3 years & 6 months  

UKG: 4 years & 6 months  

Class I: 5 years & 6 months  

Class II: 6 years & 6 months  

Class III: 7 years & 6 months  

Class IV: 8 years & 6 months  

Class V: 9 years & 6 months  

Class VI: 10 years & 6 months  

Class VII: 11 years & 6 months  

Class VIII: 12 years & 6 months  

Class IX: 13 years & 6 months  

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