St Asaph VP Infant School

St Asaph VP Church in Wales Controlled Infant School is situated in the cathedral city of St Asaph in the beautiful Vale of Clwyd in North Wales. We have a Christian ethos and strong links with our beautiful cathedral where we hold a school service on the first Wednesday of each month. Our school was founded by Thomas Vowler Short, who was Bishop of St Asaph between 1846 & 1870. He was responsible for establishing two church schools of which the VP was one, built in 1863 at a cost of £1,800.

The original infant school was sited on what is now the cathedral car park. Initially our school building accepted children aged 7-14 after they had completed their time at the Infant school. The schools were later combined into what is now the VP Infant School with children attending from ages 4-14 and later ages 4-11. In the 1970s it was decided to build a new junior school on the Ashly Court estate and this was opened in 1977 which resulted in the VP School becoming an infant school for ages 3-7, taught in four classes.

St Asaph VP Infants is an English medium school with Welsh taught as a second language to all pupils from Nursery to Year 2. English is the language of the day to day business of the school though we fully embrace learning the Welsh language and submerging ourselves in the culture.

The school has an inclusive ethos where all staff know the pupils well and provide high levels of care, support and guidance. Teachers plan a wide range of interesting and stimulating learning opportunities. They make effective use of areas of learning indoors and outdoors, to develop pupils' literacy, creative and physical skills successfully. As a result, pupils have very positive attitudes towards learning. This supports their development as independent learners and enables them to make good progress.

Vision

Education is for life. The school is part of this process, in which it is our aim to nurture, guide, encourage and provide experiences for our pupils in an atmosphere of love, acceptance and security with the co-operation of parents, staff and governors. This is a Church-in-Wales School which has a particular concern for children’s social, spiritual and personal needs.

Mission Statement

“We love to learn and learn to love” “Caru Dysgu a dysgu i garu”

Because we respect and care for each other, working as a community to grow in character and try our best in everything we do.