To provide a thermosetting resin composition with extremely high setting speed and a thermosetting resin molding material.

The thermosetting resin composition comprises a novolac phenol resin (a), a polyacetal resin (b), and smectite (c) as essential ingredients. The smectite is obtained by ion-exchanging in advance cations present between layers in the layered structure with one or more kinds of cations having catalytic activity. The thermosetting resin molding material comprising the thermosetting resin composition and a filler is also provided.