In 1918, this school was established as
Henarathgoda Seewali Buddhist School at the place where
Yasodara Devi Balika Vuidyalaya is presently located. Charles Samarasooriya was the first principal of the school. In 1949, the school was established as the
Henarathgoda Senior Secondary School, and then it was established as the
Henarathgoda Secondary English School at its present location. When the school was established at its current location, Jinadasa Munasinghe was the principal. In 1923, this school was promoted as a first grade school. It had been a mixed-sex school up to 1985, when it became a single sex (male) school. On 25 May 1993, the school was advanced to the national level as,
Bandaranayake Vidyalaya.
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