Ornellas School is one of the pioneering English Schools in Pune. It has a very rich background. The land on which the school stands together with the land on which the church is built, had been donated to the Christians by the then Peshwa in the year 1792. The School was started in the form of Anglo Portuguese Primary School in 1833, catering to the people mainly working for the British troops in Pune. In 1872, the Management of the School was offered to the Priests of the Immaculate Conception Church, popularly known as City Church.