Ziggy the cat must figure school is an interesting place if his two young human siblings walk there every day, so he’s taken it upon himself to go too.
The four-year-old cat is such a common sight at Drury Primary School in Wales, about 30 miles south of Liverpool, that faculty there consider him an “honorary student.” Ziggy makes himself comfortable for naps on the headmaster’s desk, attends school assemblies and likes to run around the playground.
Ziggy, who pops in and out of classrooms as he sees fit, walks 10 minutes to the school every day with his humans, Megan Roberts, 10, and Chloe Roberts, 7.
Mark Bitcliffe, Drury’s head teacher, told local daily The Leader that it’s “impossible” to keep Ziggy out, so the school has accepted him as a “student.” The cat shows up so reliably that Bitcliffe said he’s “an example to other pupils.”
But Ziggy really “took the biscuit” during school picture day during the last week of September, mom Emma Roberts said. The orange and white feline waited until he felt it was his turn to pose for a school photo, then hopped up onto the chair in front of the photographer as if it was the most natural thing in the world. The school sent his photos home along with school portraits of Chloe and Megan.
“Chloe handed the letter to me [after school] and I expected it to be her photos. But then when I looked I was just in floods of laughter and so were the other mums standing by me,” Emma said. “I asked her what had gone on and she said he just jumped on the chair. He didn’t need any encouragement, he just got up there for a photo.”
Bitcliffe, the faculty and the students at Drury love Ziggy’s antics, and they say he’s been educational too, as he’s given kids without pets the opportunity to learn how to interact with animals.
“It’s difficult to keep a cat off the school grounds, even if you wanted to, but thankfully he’s one of the nicest cats I’ve ever come across,” Bitcliffe said. “He thinks he’s a pupil so it’s fitting he’s had his own photo. I think it’ll be put up on the staff noticeboard. One time he was on the top ledge of the shelves in the secretary’s office and he’s been known to sneak into mine, sit on the chair and fall asleep. It’s his second home I think. His attendance is not an issue and he’s actually setting a good example to the other children.”
“We’ve not been looking to have a school cat or dog really, but he chose us.”
Pain In The Bud 
Thanks for this article, Big Buddy. Ziggy is a wonderful cat!
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He certainly is. He’s probably better at math than I am.
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He’s the guardian cat
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He’ll be wearing school uniform next!
What a lovely story:)
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IKR? Ziggy must really love his human siblings to want to go to school with them every day. Most cats would be content to nap at home.
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You always have such nice stories. The “school cat” is really a treat. You and Little Buddy keep up the good work. Wr love you!
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Thank you, Dayvee. Little Buddy deserves all the credit for making me a cat man and educating me on the finer points of serving felines.
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That Ziggy is not too cool for school 😆 I love his class photo 🤣🤣🐾🐾
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What a lovely story! Thank you, Ziggy, you made my day!
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Ziggy’s an awesome little dude for sure.
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Way to go Ziggy!! Yore an xampell to all us Kittiess!!
Maybee mee shuud walk BellaSita to an from THE Corner Shop????
HHHMMMMMM.
Grate story Buddy…thanx
**nose rubss** BellaDharma an **giggellss** BellaSita Mum
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Wouldn’t that be nice? I trained Bud to walk on a harness when he was a kitten, but after every long winter I have to retrain him, and I kinda just got lazy and stopped. I need one of those bubble backpacks to bring him with me on walks.
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Mee two nervuss to walk inn harness! an wee on busy street…..
‘angel’ Unkell Siddhartha Henry used to walk inn harness! An Buddy did two?? Furabuluss…..
BellaSita bott Unkell different sweaterss an a winter jackit (beesidess his rain jackit an tank top) an hee loved to walk out inn THE snow! Hee was a trail blazer fore sure! 😉
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Next. Cap and gown. 🎓🐈
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My beagle, when I was in elementary school, used to follow me to school, and then to precede me, so that I found him on the doorstep when I got there.
Too bad my American school wasn’t nearly as accepting of his presence.
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In addition to all his other wonderfulness, Ziggy is very photogenic.
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I wonder if his “school” picture ended up in the yearbook
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That’s a good question. I’ll try to find out and will update with a new story.
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