The school was founded on 5 January 1920 and its original name was Saraswati Institution. The school was renamed as Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya to pay homage to the founder headmaster of the school
Sailendranath Sircar in 1948. Sailendranath Sircar was the youngest son of Sri
Peary Churn Sircar, a distinguished educationalist, philanthropist and the pioneer of Temperance Reform in undivided Bengal and the author of the English primer- The first Book of Reading. The current main building of the school was built in 1934. Another building on the back side of the main building houses the primary section. The institution celebrated their 100 years of establishment in 2020. ==Notable alumni==