Nepal, the land of the legendary Yeti, the birth place of Lord Buddha and home to the highest mountain of the world – Mt. Everest, is one of the developing countries in the world. Situated in Budhanilkantha Municipality, in the Kathmandu Valley, Budhanilkantha School (CEEB Code: 689070), is the government designated National School of Nepal. It is a fully residential English medium school established in December 1972 with the joint cooperation of the Government of Nepal and the Government of the United Kingdom (UK).

In the first two decades of its operation, the school was headed by a succession of British Headmasters who did an excellent job of establishing and shaping the school into a "Center of Excellence". The school was handed over to the Nepalese management in 1994, and since then it has continued to maintain the same high standards in all fronts.  At present, the number of faculty is 81 and the support staff is 165 with student faculty ratio of almost 14:1.

The School is managed under the Public Trust, the main Trustee being the Ministry of Education. The Board of Trustees (BOT) and the School Management Committee (SMC) are chaired by the Secretary and the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology respectively. Society of Ex Budhanilkantha Students (SEBS), the alumni association, and Friends of Budhanilkantha School (FOBS) are the two organizations that keenly take interest in the welfare of the school.

Currently there are 1123students, of which 42% are girls. Students are selected from a wide range of socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Nepal. Scholarships are provided to the meritorious and the needy ones from the weak social, economic and geographical backgrounds and from all the seventy-seven districts of Nepal.