Wales’s newest private school is bringing a multi-milion-pound windfall to Denbighshire as it unveils plans for its latest expansion.
Myddelton College in Denbigh was founded just over five years ago on the site of the former Howell’s School, which closed in 2013.
The new school has already recuited 281 pupils and has announced plans to open Reception and Year One and Two classes from September.
That will mean the school will provide a full education for pupils aged from four to 18 and is likely to see numbers go through the 300 mark later this year.
The annual budget for the school is £3million, which includes staff wages, food and drink, furnishings, maintenance and new building costing £2.8m of that sum and with 75% of that spent locally.
The decision to extend education at the school with the opening of three more prep school classes will add to that local benefit.
It’s the latest stage in the development of the co-educational school which only opened in 2016 for day pupils and boarders and which has just been honoured at the prestigious Independent School Association awards.
Myddelton College, which is holding an Open Week at its Denbigh campus from Monday, January 31, opened its prep school for Years Five and Six in 2017 and its numbers have increased from eight to 40 pupils with three full-time staff.
Head of Prep School Katie Gresley-Jones said: “We have grown steadily, starting with a combined Year Five and Six and then adding Years Four and Three, so this is a natural progression.
“Due to the expansion of interest last year, we added to the teaching staff and the new expansion will add at least one more member of staff to take the Reception class."
Headmaster Andrew Allman said: “The school is much more than an exam factory and we aim to provide an all-round education that helps students achieve their full potential both academically and in terms of preparing them for university and for their futures.
“The foundations have been set very successfully at what is a calm, kind, happy and inclusive school where pupils have mutual respect and can thrive and reach their goals.”
