[2] The school was started by Christian missionaries and was named after Canon Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949).

Tyndale Biscoe School is known for its extra-curricular activities, especially swimming, skiing, mountain climbing, camping and regatta.

Students felt the cow leather was holy and touching the ball, made out of it, was blasphemous.

to shift the school to downtown, and it was moved from the hospital premises (Drugjan) to a large house and compound on the river bank in the middle of the city at Fateh Kadal.

Eventually, five other mission schools were set up, one each in different parts of the capital city and one in Anantnag.