We are very proud to be a Church in Wales Voluntary Aided School and a part of the St Asaph Diocese family of schools. Church schools are inclusive by nature, welcoming children from families of all faiths and none, while recognising that faith is something that shapes people’s lives.
We have very strong links with St Mary’s Church which is just a two-minute walk from school. We regularly attend Collective Worship there, and each class visits every half term for a lesson with Father Jeremy Dussek. Father Jeremy also regularly attends school to lead our whole school Collective Worship and is an Ex-Officio Foundation Governor on our school Governing Body.
Children also have the opportunity to present their Class Collective Worship at Church, often following events in the Liturgical Calendar. These services are always well attended by parents and carers and the children take great pride in using their oracy skills when presenting for an audience.
We have a weekly Collective Worship timetable in school, allowing time for Whole School, Key Stage and individual Class Worship. Each class has a Reflection Area, to provide a calm space for individual reflection and prayer.



Our school family ethos is underpinned by our strong Christian Values. We focus our worship on a specific value each half term, and our collective worship helps us to reflect and think more about this value. During the week, we look out for children who demonstrate our school values, and we celebrate these on a Friday with our Values Awards, which are presented in our Whole School Celebration Assembly.
Bishop Gregory’s Christmas Card Competition
The Bishop of St Asaph holds an annual competition for pupils of the 50 Church schools within the Diocese to design a Christmas card. St Mary’s pupils enjoy taking part in this competition, and one of our pupils designed the winning card for Christmas 2023.

We have more great news to share this year with results of Bishop Gregory’s 2024 Christmas Card Competition!
We are thrilled to announce that Robyn has been awarded 2nd prize in the competition this year, the judges were so impressed with her design that they put it on the back of the official card!
Prizes didn’t stop there, Isla and Emmeline have also been awarded ‘Very Highly Commended’ certificates and a further 12 children were given ‘Highly Commended’ certificates – Aria, Branwen, Emily, Isaac, Joseph, Liesel, Louie, Oscar, Sarah, Sebastian, Seth and Tilly.
Considering 50 church schools enter this competition annually, to have this many prize winners really illustrates what a creative bunch of children we have at St Mary’s!
Da iawn to all of the children who took part, we imagine the judges had a hard time choosing the winners!