The school was established in the year 1920 on 5th January by Babu Sailendra Sircar, chief of the old block Peary Charan Sircar. It achieved first recognition from The Calcutta University when this school was well-known as Saraswati Institution. Initially it was running in a rented house and later on shifted to 62A Shyampukur Street. In the year 1933 , 1934 and 1951 students stood first in their Entrance Examinations and during the period many luminaries passed out with brilliant results from this school. After the sad demise of Babu Sailendra Sircar the school was renamed as Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya as a token of gratitude and respect to its founder . The school became a Govt. sponsored school in the year 1979 . With the golden touch of Late Shri Jyotirbikash Mitra ( First National Teacher of West Bengal ) the school reached its crescendo of success and continued its tradition year after year . Many Headmasters occupied the chair and put their best efforts to promote this school to keep its past performance in tact.

Presently under the honest guidance of Hon’ble Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen ( Ex-student & President of the Managing Committee) , Hon’ble Justice Kolkata High Court Shri Ashim Banerjee ( Ex-student & Life member of the Managing Committee ) , and Dr. Deb Kumar Biswas (Headmaster & Secretary) and with the whole hearted co-operation and untiring effort of our teachers and non-teaching staff.