Disclosed is a water developable photosensitive resin composition suitable for a printing plate, which has excellent dimensional stability and excellent chemical and physical properties. The photosensitive resin composition comprises;(A) an acrylic resin of which glass transition temperature (T.sub.g), as defined by ##EQU1## [wherein T.sub.g1, T.sub.g2, . . . represents a glass transition temperature of a homopolymer prepared from each monomer, T.sub.g0 represents a glass transition temperature of a copolymer and W.sub.1, W.sub.2, . . . shows a weight fraction of each monomer.] and acid value (AV) satisfy the following relations;60.degree. C..ltoreq.T.sub.g .ltoreq.125.degree. C.80 mg KOH/g.ltoreq.AV.ltoreq.130 mg KOH/g, andT.sub.g -10.ltoreq.AV.ltoreq.T.sub.g +40(B) a basic nitrogen atom-containing compound(C) an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and(D) a photopolymerization initiator.