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Monmouthshire is proud to offer the following educational provision within it’s County:
Early Education:
Monmouthshire has twelve nursery units attached to mainstream schools and a number of non-maintained settings approved to provide early education to 3-year-olds. The authority maintains these nurseries which provide free, part time early years education (if there are spaces available) for pupils from the term following their third birthday.
Maintained and approved non-maintained nurseries in Monmouthshire
There are 31 primary schools in Monmouthshire made up of the following linguistic and denominational characteristics:
Primary Community (English) – 20
Primary Church in Wales VC – 4
Primary Church in Wales VA – 2
Welsh Medium Primary Education:
The Authority has three Welsh-medium Primary Schools. Ysgol Gymraeg Y Fenni located in Abergavenny, Ysgol Gymraeg Trefynwy located in Monmouth and Ysgol Gymraeg Y Ffin in Caldicot which also has an immersion unit supporting learners late to Welsh to access a Welsh-medium education.
Children wishing to be educated through the medium of Welsh will receive free Home to School Transport to their nearest Welsh- medium school.
Voluntary Controlled Schools:
These co-educational day schools, whilst under the control of the Local Authority as far as admissions are concerned, offer an education which is founded on Christian principles and values.
Voluntary Aided Schools:
These are voluntary aided co-educational day schools which are maintained jointly by the Local Authority and voluntary bodies. All aided schools in the County are either part of Catholic or Church in Wales denominational groups. Children wishing to be educated at a school which offers denominational education will receive free Home to School Transport to their nearest denominational setting.
Special Primary Education:
Overmonnow Primary School (Monmouth), Pembroke Primary School (Chepstow), and King Henry VIII 3-19 School (Abergavenny) have Special Needs Resource Bases (SNRB) to accommodate those children whose needs cannot be met in mainstream education.
Secondary Education (11 – 19)
Three of the mainstream secondary schools in Monmouthshire are mixed Comprehensive Schools and serve 11 – 19 year olds. These are situated close to three of the major towns in Monmouthshire.
All Through School (3 – 19)
There is an all through mainstream school in Abergavenny, which is a mixed school that will serve pupils of primary age (3-11), secondary age (11-16) children in years 7-11 and sixth form students (16-19).
All schools provide a broad and balanced curriculum and offer many additional opportunities through a wide range of extra-curricular activities which take place outside lesson times offering children the best opportunity to develop themselves as an individual, socially and academically.
Historically, GCSE, AS and A level results in Monmouthshire schools are consistently above the Welsh average. Monmouthshire Secondary Schools and their sixth form provision continues to equip individuals with a good range of life skills to enable them to successfully continue their education in the future.
Special Secondary Education:
Caldicot School, Monmouth Comprehensive School and King Henry VIII 3-19 School have a Special Needs Resource Base (SNRB) to provide for children who have additional learning needs.
Welsh Medium Secondary Education:
Monmouthshire has developed close links with neighbouring authorities Torfaen County Council and Newport City Council to provide Welsh Medium Education at Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw for the North of the County and Ysgol Gyfun Gwent Is Coed for the South of the County.
Children wishing to be educated through the medium of Welsh will receive free Home to School Transport to their nearest Welsh medium school.
Denominational Secondary Education:
Monmouthshire, in addition to its mainstream primary schools, offers the opportunity for parents to educate their children in a setting complimentary to their religious beliefs and understanding.
Whilst Monmouthshire does not currently offer denominational secondary educational settings, we appreciate that you may wish to continue to educate your child in such a school and we would support this.
Children wishing to be educated at a School which offers denominational education will receive free Home to School Transport to their nearest denominational setting.
Post 16 Education:
Monmouthshire 14-19 Learning Pathways Network is a collaborative network of learning providers dedicated to broadening the choice and flexibility available to young people aged between 14 and 19. The network ensures that the individual needs of young people are met and provides greater opportunities and experiences that will help learners develop the wider skills they need for life and work.
Vision
To provide our learners in Monmouthshire with an educational provision that prepares them to participate fully in today and tomorrow’s society. Within Monmouthshire, we are fortunate to have 4 Comprehensive Schools offering Post 16 facilities for those wishing to continue their education through to the age of 19.
We have strong links with Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw in Torfaen and Ysgol Gyfun Gwent Is Coed in Newport for pupils continuing their education through the medium of Welsh. We also have close links with Coleg Gwent to broaden the options available to the children of Monmouthshire.