Pallikoodam is born of the vision of Mrs. Mary Roy. For fifty years she has worked on moulding an extraordinary school that imparts a creative and all-round education producing happy, confident children who are aware of their talents as well as their limitations, unafraid of pursuing their dreams and living life to its fullest. Today, every one of us in Pallikoodam works to realise and forge ahead with her dream.

• We believe that learning can only be joyful and fulfilling when children grow up in an atmosphere of love in which both freedom and discipline are not rules in a rule book, but are absorbed from experience.
• Our children are trained to achieve not only academic competence but also to learn music, art, drama, and language —both local and international.
• Gender equality is one of our fundamental principles. Girls and boys are encouraged to participate together in activities like Swimming, Football, Drama and Community Service.
• In this time of climate change and global warming, we work hard to inculcate a love for nature and the environment. Our children learn how to plough the ground, plant seeds, grow food, and harvest their crop. They learn how to look after livestock like cows, chicken, geese and fish.
• Last but not the least, we believe that none of this would be worth much if it were not founded on a firm moral grounding of the love for justice, kindness, tolerance, compassion, service and responsibility.
• Pallikoodam is rated the #1 school in Kerala and 3rd in India in the Day cum Boarding category of the Education World School Ranking magazine, 2023-2024.

This is a minority education institution.  We believe in a secular philosophy, where children are not conditioned in any particular belief either religious or political and where personal beliefs do not encroach upon the school ethos.