Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya

Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya (Sinhala: සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක විද්‍යාලය, Tamil: சிறிமாவோ பண்டாறநாயக்க வித்தியாலயம்) is a public girls' school [1] in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

It is a National public school controlled by the central government,[2][3][4] provide primary and secondary education.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya[6] was inaugurated on 1 January 1973, as Stanmore Crescent Primary School with five teachers and 149 students under the guidance of Wimala Liyanage, the founding principal.

On 6 November 2003 P. M. Kalubowila assumed duties as the principal, having joined Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya in 1986 as a Chemistry teacher.

[8] In July 2009, Kalubowila ordered all students to shut down their Facebook profiles, with a threat of expulsion from school for disobedience.

Every club and society has a member of the teaching staff overseeing things and helping with administration and organising events.

SBV Swimming Pool was ceremonially opened[16] by the first lady of Sri Lanka, Mrs. Shiranthi Rajapaksa on 28 October 2008.

Swimming Pool caters to the long felt need of the Sirimavians and foster the advancements in the sphere of sports.

The site donated by the government for the eshtablishment of the school in 1972