How It Became ' Bandaranayake '

In 1918, this school established as Henarathgoda Seewali Buddhist School at the place where Yasodara Devi Balika Maha Vidyalaya located at present.

Charles Samarasooriya was the first principal of the school. In 1949, the school transformed as Henarathgoda Senior Secondary School and then it was established as the Henarathgoda Secondary English School at present location.

When school was established at the current location, Jinadasa Munasinghe was the principal.
In 1923 this school was promoted as a First Grade School.
It had been a mixed school up to 1980s. On 25 May 1993, the school was advanced to the national level as, Gampaha Bandaranayake College.

Name	From	To
Charles Samarasuriya	1918	1922
G. S. Selvia	1922	1924
E. W. P. Samaranayake	1925	1938
Dandeniya H. Silva	1939	1941
K. A. Peiris	1941	1944
D. W. P. Samarasinghe	1944	1948
M. A. R. Cooray	1949	1953
G. Munasinghe	1954	1968
S. A. W. Subasinghe	1968	1972
D. N. Rajapakse	1972	1979
Dharma Sri Gunapala	1979	1980
E. Jayanetti Arachchi	1980	1983
A. J. K. Jayasundara	1982	1983
P. Udugampola	1983	1988
P. P. D. T. Aquinas	1988	1991
S. K. Mallawaarachchi	1991	1992
R. M. Sumanapala	1992	1998
M. L. B. Peiris	1998	1998
B. A. Abeyaratna	1998	2001
J. H. M. W. Ranjith	2001	2002
W. M. J. Wickramanayaka	2002	2004
P. Srilal Nonis	2004	2005
A. D. M. Daya Bandara	2005	2006
Rev. Labuthale Sudassana Thero	2006	2012
Lal Dissanayake	2012	To date