St Anthony's Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 years. We have approximately 198 children and 7 age groups. The children are divided into 7 classes plus nursery 26 am and 26 pm. Children will be in school for a total of 190 school days. Teachers will attend 5 additional training days.

If your child is taken ill or has an accident we will need to contact you. Please ensure you fill in and return the admission form at the back of this pack.

St Anthony of Padua

Anthony was born in Lisbon, in Portugal, in 1190. At the age of 17 he joined the monastry of St.Augustine. He met the Franciscan monks who used to come to beg for food. Anthony was so impressed by these friars who were willing to go off to foreign lands, to preach the gospel, that he decided to join the order and do the same.

Unfortunately on his first journey he was shipwrecked and had to spend considerable time doing menial tasks. Eventually he was called upon to preach. He amazed everyone with his knowledge of the scriptures and his skill with words, and from then on he spent his life preaching and teaching in different lands. He died in Padua , in Italy in 1231 on June 13th, which is now kept as his feast day. Many miracles are attributed to St. Anthony and Catholics frequently pray to St. Anthony when they have lost something.

St. Anthony's is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic Primary School . We are part of the Parish Community and in partnership with parents we enable children to learn the beliefs, attitudes and values of a Christian way of life.

We hope this information pack will help you and your child in getting to know our school and how it works. Please do not hesitate to contact the Headteacher Mrs Ford on 414761 or Chair of Governors, Mr. Damian Whelan for further information. We will be only too pleased to assist.