THE Argus is happy to share these photos of our School of the Week Llanvihangel Crucorney Primary School.

Locally known as Pandy School, Llanvihangel Crucorney, in Wern Gifford, is perhaps one of Gwent’s smallest with just 54 pupils.

Nestled near the mountains Skirrid, Blorenge and Sugarloaf – after which the school’s three houses are named after – and less than three miles from the English border, the school is beautifully situated.

And it is this rural location which perhaps helps give the primary school such strong community links.

“We are very much a community school,” said head teacher Sherri Davies, who joined the school in 2010.

“We like to involve the community as much as possible.

“We always do our services at St Michael’s, the local church. And we also do community events, like a community coffee morning we did a fortnight ago. We raised £350 for Macmillan and £150 for school funds.”

This week the school prepares for the festive season with a concert at the local church, a Christmas party complete with games as well as a Christmas jumper day.

It is clear from visiting the school the staff are incredibly delighted and proud with the Estyn report following the an inspection in September this year. The report said the school’s current performance and its prospects for improvement are both rated “good”.

Estyn said nearly all pupils make good progress and achieve well, there are good levels of wellbeing, standards of behaviour are good with highly-motivated pupils and the overall quality of teaching is good. The report also said school leadership has a “clear vision” and sense of direction.

In yesterday's Argus, we inadvertently published photographs we had previously taken from the school.

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