{"id":6022,"date":"2023-03-24T17:37:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canterburyschool.com\/about-us-vseb\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:15:59","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canterburyschool.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;1375&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h5&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h5&#8243;]Beryl Pritchard[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-130932&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-167513&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;955861&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]Welcome to Canterbury School[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text text_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1726832122440{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;944816&#8243;]As <strong>Founder and Honorary Principal of Canterbury School<\/strong>, it is a great honour for me to present this informative website for the school. Since it first opened in 1972, I have seen the school grow from a small kindergarten with seventeen pupils in a chalet in Ciudad Jardin into a large organization <strong>consolidated as one of the best schools in the Canary Islands<\/strong>, with more than a thousand students and eighty qualified teachers.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=&#8221;378&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_column_text]Founder and Honorary Principal[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-656962&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1612290802726{margin-top: 2% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_row_inner limit_content=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;bottom&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; 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z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;1&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; limit_content=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h5&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h5&#8243;]AIMS[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-130932&#8243; heading_semantic=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-167513&#8243;]To enable pupils to develop their full potential.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243; desktop_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; 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