UPDATE: 6.15pm
Parents have set up a fundraising page for the school to repair some of the fire damage.
To donate visit gofundme.com/stdavids.
UPDATE: 1.15pm
Anyone with any information on last night's fire is asked to call Gwent Police on 101 and quote log number 525 30/4/16.
UPDATE: 10.52am
A spokeswoman for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service says there will be extra security at the school until it reopens on Tuesday.
UPDATE: 9.50am
A SCHOOL fire that sent plumes of black smoke across Cwmbran was started deliberately, according to the fire service.
Firefighters from Cwmbran, New Inn and Malpas attended the scene at St Davids R C Junior & Infants School on Caldicot Way at around 8.10pm.
A fire had been started at the back of the school and had spread to the main building.
Fire crews used two breathing apparatus, a hosereel and ladders to stop the fire spreading further.
A spokeswoman for South Wales Fire and Rescue said the fire was put out at around 8.55pm and a fire investigation found it was started deliberately.
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