Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School is a Co-educational institution and is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. The school at Adyar has classes from Pre KG to XII std. with a strength of around 2000 students. They are handled by a highly qualified staff and personalized individual attention to the students is the hallmark of the institution. The school has been maintaining a high standard of excellence in the academic field and in every sphere of school activity. 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 symbolises the ideals of education expressed in and through moral and spiritual values, discipline and character, 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. This is a pioneering institution in the propagation of Sanskrit and special sloka classes are arranged for the children.

The students passing out of our school enter into 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 their Alma Mater is a sustaining and inspiring force.

Academics is the stronghold of the school. Apart from the introduction of Computer Science as a subject from III onwards, keeping in trend with the global scene, we have computer-based learning at all levels.

The school also has a fully equipped English Language Lab to improve the communication skills of the students and it is one of the very few schools in Chennai to have this facility. We are one of the very few CBSE schools to offer Biotechnology to the senior secondary school students, and have a well-equipped Bio-technology Lab. To ensure creativity in learning, we have a Maths Lab as well as a Junior Science Lab. This year, we have also introduced French as a second language, at the secondary level, and Entrepreneurship as an additional subject at the senior sec. level.

To provide an overall development of the students, various co-curricular activities like Yoga, Karate, Music and Dance are conducted for children. We have various subject clubs like the Commerce club, Mathematics club, Science club, geography club, English Literary club, Eco club and the Music club which provide opportunities for students to go beyond class room learning.

The Scouts and Guides wing, NCC girls wing, Road Safety Patrol wing, the Interact club, Heritage Club, The Young Indian Net, The Indian Liberal Group, Skills for Adolescence programme and Life skills programme of the school contribute to the overall personality of the students. A student counselor has been appointed to ensure emotional security to the students.