Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School was founded in 1970 and was blessed by His Holiness Sri Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. Shri. K.S.Narayanan, Chairman Emeritus, The Sanmar Group., is the Chairman and Shri.V.S.Dandapani is the Managing Trustee of the Indian Education Trust which manages the school.

Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School is located in Adyar, Chennai, amidst sylvan and serene surroundings. It is a co-educational institution with a strength of over 2000 students and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. The school has classes from kindergarten to Std. XII. They are handled by highly qualified staff and personalized individual attention to the students is the hallmark of the institution. The school has been producing cent percent results in the Board Examinations consecutively for nearly a quarter century.

The unique feature of Sri Sankara School is that it symbolizes the ideals of education expressed in our scriptures and literature, in building discipline and character, encouraging appreciation of our cultural heritage and cultivation of genuine devotion to God, respect to Guru, parents and elders. Sanskrit, the repository of our culture is given a special status in this school.

The school offers combinations of subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Bio Technology, Information Practices, C++ in the Science Stream and Economics, Business Studies, Accountancy, Mathematics, Entrepreneurship and Geography in the Commerce Stream in the XI and XII Standards. Apart from Sanskrit, Hindi and Tamil, the school offers French also as second language at the Secondary level.

The school has Interactive class rooms and a Mathematics laboratory with technological support from NIIT. The school has well equipped Science laboratories, English Language lab , Geography lab and Computer labs for junior and senior students.

The school constantly strives to implement innovations in teaching and evaluation, keeping pace with the global trend in education. The school has received the International School Award from the British Council in 2006 and again in 2010. The school also received the ISO 9001:2008 accreditation in January 2008.

The school conducts several programmes in collaboration with Rotary International, the British Council, Indian school debating society, INTACH and The Energy and Resources Institute. Apart from these, the NCC girls’ wing, the Young Indian Net, the Model United Nations programmes and the Mock-parliament are special features of the school that contribute to the overall personality development of the students.

The students passing out of our school enter prestigious professional institutions. Our Alumni can boast of engineers, doctors, scientists, teachers, chartered accountants, business executives and artistes settled in several parts of the globe. They continue to serve the school since they feel that their Alma Mater is a sustaining and inspiring force.