Facilities & Infrastructure

Thirty smart classrooms, ten laboratories, fifteen thousand books, a shooting range and a fleet of twenty-nine buses — the whole of what this campus holds.

The campus in figures

What the school actually has

Every number below is one Sunbeam Ballia publishes.

2,700+

Students

Nursery to Class XII, from 456 in 2013

130+

Teaching staff

100 are Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts
75+

Smart classrooms

With 49+ interactive flat panels
12

Laboratories

Science, computing, language and innovation
17,574

Library books

Plus 25 periodicals, magazines and journals
29+

Buses

GPS-tracked and speed-governed, 22 routes
80+

Computers

40+ junior, 40+ senior
49+

Interactive panels

A Microsoft Showcase School

Where lessons happen

Learning Environment

Seventy-five-plus classrooms wired for teaching, and the rooms that are not classrooms at all.

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Nursery to Class XII
One campus carries a child from their first day to their board year.
Smart Classrooms
75+ digitally equipped rooms, used in ordinary lessons rather than for demonstrations.
Interactive Flat Panels
49+ IFP screens — the teaching surface a Microsoft Showcase School is expected to have.
Open Air Classroom
A teaching space outdoors, for the lessons that are better held in the open.
Elevator
Lift access to the upper floors, so no child is stranded by a staircase.

Where things get made

Science & Innovation

Ten laboratories. A school this size is not required to have a drone, a 3-D printer and a telescope — this one does.

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Physics Lab
Senior practicals through the board year, with apparatus for a full class.
Chemistry Lab
Bench room for a whole practical group, with reagent shelving and a preparation store.
Biology Lab
Microscope stations, specimen models and dissection tables.
Mathematics Lab
Manipulatives and models — mathematics as something handled rather than copied.
Geography Lab
Maps, globes and survey instruments for fieldwork preparation.
Robotics Lab
A drone, a 3-D printer, a telescope and embedded system design kits.
Active Learning Lab
Built for making and testing rather than writing about it.
Srijan Lab
The school's creation space — srijan, to create.
Language Lab
Listening and speaking practice, away from the written page.
MUN Lab
Model United Nations — debate, committee procedure and position papers.

Screens and networks

Digital Learning

Two full computer laboratories, split so juniors are not queuing behind board-year practicals.

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Junior Computer Lab
40+ computers, sized so a junior class works one to a machine.
Senior Computer Lab
40+ computers for board-year practicals and the coding programme.
Cyber Zone
Supervised access for research, projects and digital-literacy work.
Microsoft Showcase School
100 teachers certified as Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts.

Reading, making, performing

Library & Creative Spaces

Fifteen thousand books for the seniors, and a toy library for the ones who cannot read yet.

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Nalanda Library
17,574 books, 25 periodicals, magazines and journals, with a Ballia literature collection.
Toy Library
Borrowable toys for the early years — a first lending system, at four years old.
Art Room
A dedicated room for drawing, painting and craft.
Dance Room
Sprung floor space for rehearsal and the annual function.
FUTUDOS Music
The music programme, with instruments and instruction.
Sankalp Hall
The main auditorium — assembly, annual function and visiting speakers.
Naman Hall
The second hall, for year-group events and seminars.

Out of the classroom

Sports & Student Life

Fifteen sports across indoor and outdoor, an archery range, and an early-years area with its own water.

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Indoor Sports
Chess, table tennis, carrom, aerobics, yoga, taekwondo and karate.
Outdoor Sports
Hockey, skating, football, basketball, kho-kho, volleyball, kabaddi and cricket.
Archery Range
The rarest facility the school has, and one very few district schools offer.
JOSH Playground
The main field — assembly, athletics and inter-house fixtures.
Naman Prayer Ground
The senior block’s assembly and prayer ground.
Abhayeti Prayer Ground
The junior block’s own prayer ground.
Kids Park
Swings and play equipment for the early years.
Water Pool
A shallow water play area in the early-years zone.
Sand Pool
Sand play alongside the water pool — messy, and deliberately so.
Little Agriculture Land
A planting plot the youngest children actually dig, sow and water.
KIDS Entrepreneurship
A Class 7 programme that runs a real venture end to end.

Getting there, and being safe there

Safety, Transport & Care

A fleet that is tracked and speed-limited, cameras across the campus, and guards on duty all year.

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Bus Facilities
29+ buses across 22 routes, with a named transport in-charge.
GPS Tracking
Every bus in the fleet is GPS-enabled.
Speed Governor
Governors fitted fleet-wide, capping how fast a bus can travel.
CCTV
Full camera coverage — corridors, stairwells, entrances and grounds.
24×7 Security
Guards on duty every hour of the year.
Fire Safety
A 15,000-litre hose reel reserve, with extinguishers in every corridor.
Infirmary
On-campus medical room and first-aid care.
Junior Class Attendants
A dedicated attendant with every junior class through the day.
Career Counselling
Subject choice, stream selection and university guidance.
BCS Counsellors
Trained counsellors available to students.