A Monmouthshire Primary School has become the first in the county to have achieved the Armed Forces Friendly Schools Bronze Award.

As well as being the first school in Monmouthshire to achieve this award, Raglan CiW VC Primary is also the 25th in Wales.

This recognition, awarded by the Supporting Service Children in Education (SSCE) Cymru is a Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) programme funded by the Welsh Government.

The Armed Forces Friendly Schools Status aims to:

• Embed good practice for supporting service children
• Create a positive environment for service children to share their experiences
• Encourage schools to become more engaged with their armed forces community.

In achieving this award, the school has shown there is support available for service children and their families.

It showcases the school as a positive environment for service children to share their stories.

Martyn Groucutt, Monmouthshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education, said: “Family members who serve in the armed forces are brave people, but service children are also very brave. “When the family member has to go away for a long time, or the whole family has to move schools and children must leave friends and make new ones, this is something which takes great courage.”

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