Mgarr Primary is the village school of Mgarr, a picturesque rural village situated in the north-west of the island of Malta.  It is a very old and quite village with very early  inhabitants.  Ta' Hagrat Temples are a clear proof of these settlers.

The school was officially inaugurated in 1923 by his Excellency Lord Plumer, Governor of Malta.  Father Edgar Salmon, vice-parish priest of the village, worked hard and finally succeeded in having an educational institution functioning at the heart of the village.  The initial plan of the school consisted  of classrooms along the facade.  After the Second World War, some more classes were added to accommodate the rising population of Mgarr.  More classrooms were added in the mid-fifties.  This plan has changed in the last five years.  More classes had to be added because the population of Mgarr was increasing rapidly.  The classes that were added after the Second World War were brought down and instead an enormous community hall, a multi media room, a library and clinic were newly built.  For the first time classes were added on the first floor of the school.  At the time being the school is still under construction and when finished it will be one of the most beautiful and resourceful schools to meet today's needs.  The old part of the school is now being used as the school's administrative offices and a fully furnished reading room.

The school was officially named After Ganni A. Cilia, on the 25^th of March 1998, in the presence of Mr Ganni Cilia himself and other distinctive personalities of the island.  Ganni Cilia served as a headmaster at Mgarr Primary  for a long time.

For the last two years, the Head of School is Mr. E. Noel Calleja.  Within a solid administrative team, consisting of the Head, an Assistant together with eleven teachers, five kindergarten assistants, four facilitators and with the support staff, together with all the stakeholders of the educational system, he is working towards creating an inclusive school in the true spirit of the National Minimum Curriculum.