Nadur Primary C School
Mons Salvu Vella Primary C
Racecourse Street
Nadur  NDR 104
E-Mail:-nadur.primary.c@gov.mt
Tel:-21 563957; 21 551655; Fax:- 21 563967

The first Government Primary School at Nadur was opened in 1842. It was the second one on the island of Gozo after that at Victoria and the 7th in Malta and Gozo. Nadur incorporated Ghajnsielem, Qala and Comino and hence it was the biggest village in Gozo. At first, only boys could attend, but later on girls were included too. A small house near the church was rented to be used as a school. As the number of children continued to increase bigger houses had to be found for boys and for girls. In fact in 1850 there were 55 boys and 46 girls attending and in 1858 there were 79 boys and 63 girls. The curriculum consisted of Reading in Maltese, Italian and English, Arithmetic, Religion, Handwriting, Gymnastics, Geography and Geometry for boys and Needlework for girls.

As the schools' population continued to increase, the then Director of Education Can. Paul Pullicino proposed the building of two schools. However this dream was only realised in 1932 when the present school in Racecourse Street was opened. Attendance increased steadily until it became compulsory in 1947.

Schools were involved in many extra curriculum activities. Nadur Primary Schools excelled particularly in Sports. Academically 1 out of 5/6 entrants into Secondary Schools for both girls and boys used to be from Nadur.

Schools became co-educational in 1974 and from then up to the present time Nadur Primary School has housed all the children of the village with care and dedication with the integration of children with special needs. In 1992 the name chosen for the school was "Dun Salv Vella" who was the first head teacher from Nadur. For 50 years, he dedicated his whole career to the education of the younger generation.
Today there is one Head Teacher and one Assistant Head, 16 Class Teachers, 6 Kindergarten Assistants, 1 Facilitator, 3 visiting teachers for Drama, Physical Education and Music and 360 students at this school. Ancillary staff consists of one clerk, one handyman and four general hands. Together we all work with the sole vision of providing holistic education to help all students reach their full potential.