 <p>You call a class method by appending the class name likewise:</p> <pre><code>class.method </code></pre> <p>In your code something like this should suffice:</p> <pre><code>Test.static_init() </code></pre> <p>You could also do this:</p> <pre><code>static_init(Test) </code></pre> <p><strong>To call it inside your class</strong>, have your code do this:</p> <pre><code>Test.static_init() </code></pre> <p><strong>My working code:</strong></p> <pre><code>class Test(object): @classmethod def static_method(cls): print("Hello") def another_method(self): Test.static_method() </code></pre> <p>and <code>Test().another_method()</code> returns <code>Hello</code></p>