Goodwill's Girls School is located at Promenade Road, Fraser Town, Bangalore Cantonment.

Elijah Hoole and James Mowatt in April 1821,[4][5] with the land for the present school premises acquired in November 1821 (p. 82-83).

In November 18231, Elijah Hoole of the Wesleyan Mission applied to the Government of Madras for granting permission for starting a school and preaching place for the native population in the Bangalore Cantonment.

The land selected had been previously obtained for the same purpose by a member of the Wesleyan Society who had lived temporarily in the Bangalore Cantonment, and had built a mud building with a thatched roof, which was in ruins in 1821.

The permission was granted and a small building measuring 30 ft. length and 13 ft. width was constructed under the supervision of Mr.

[11] Mrs. Little records holding of the half yearly exams of the Native Girls' School in Bangalore on 2 July 1856.

[12] In 1857, EKG, writes about a native widow, Elizabeth being sent to Bangalore from Madras to work as a teacher in Mrs. Little's School.

[13] Anne M Symone provides a description of the Wesleyan Mission Girls School in Ulsoor (Qyazi Alasoor, near the Someshwara Temple).

[14] (Catherine wife of Matthew Trevan Male of the Wesleyan Missionary Society who died on 29 August 1865 aged 49 and Fanny Lees child of Catherine and Matthew Male born 29 January 1861 and died 24 April 1861, are buried at the Agram Protestant Cemetery, Bangalore[17]) The school in Ulsoor was for the higher caste girls, who refused to study with the lower caste.

William Sproston Caine in his book 'Picturesque India: a Handbook for European Travellers', published in 1890, describes the Wesleyan Tamil School on Promenade Road, Cleveland Town, St. John's Hill as being headed by a missionary.

Fred arrived in India in 1899, posted as the superintendent of the Wesleyan Tamil Mission, Bangalore and Kolar Gold Fields.

His photos published as Tuck's Postcards, provide a valuable documentation of the history of the Bangalore Civil and Military Station.

[29][30][31][32][33][34] His 26 years service to the Wesleyan Mission saw his campaign strongly for the cause of women's education beyond class and caste.

Fred Goodwill contributed immensely to the education and progress of Tamil literature in Bangalore Cantonment.

[21][22] Fred's articles on Tamil literature are mainly on the Shaivism philosophy,[23][24][35][36][37] Tiruvacakam, the poetry of the Shavite Saints Tirunavukkarasar, Manikkavacakar, Sundarar and Sambandar.

[21][22][23][24] Research done by Fred Goodwill is quoted by works of later authors of Dravidian culture, Shaiva Siddhanta and Ancient Tamil literature, along with that of George Uglow Pope.

[38][39][40][41][42][43][44] About the Tamil poetry and literature on Saiva Siddhanta he remarked "'Those who have studied the system unanimously agree that this eulogy is not a whit too enthusiastic or free worded.

[45][46][47][48][49] In British India, education of the girl child was considered a taboo by Hindus as well as Indian Christians.

Around fifty years later, Fred Goodwill built on its foundations and improved the school to a great extent.

[50] Fred Goodwill was keen to stress to importance of education of girls irrespective of any caste barriers in the Bangalore Cantonment.