diff --git a/examples/python/basic/demo.py b/examples/python/basic/demo.py
index 49d635e0..3f4600ca 100644
--- a/examples/python/basic/demo.py
+++ b/examples/python/basic/demo.py
@@ -47,6 +47,43 @@ def main() -> None:
     example = jsc.generate_value(old_schema, 3)
     print("example value:", example)
 
+    print("\n=== Reusable validation ===")
+    validator = jsc.validator_for(old_schema)
+    assert validator.is_valid_json(example)
+    assert validator.is_valid_value({"name": "Robbie", "age": 37})
+    assert not validator.is_valid_value({"name": True})
+
+    try:
+        validator.is_valid_value({"age": float("nan")})
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("non-finite JSON numbers must be rejected")
+
+    try:
+        validator.is_valid_value({1: "invalid"})
+    except TypeError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("JSON object keys must be strings")
+
+    integer_validator = jsc.validator_for('{"type": "integer"}')
+    assert integer_validator.is_valid_value(1)
+    assert not integer_validator.is_valid_value(True)
+
+    try:
+        integer_validator.is_valid_value(2**2000)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("oversized Python integers must be rejected")
+
+    print("generated JSON is valid:", validator.is_valid_json(example))
+    print(
+        "Python value is valid:",
+        validator.is_valid_value({"name": "Robbie", "age": 37}),
+    )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/examples/wasm/demo.html b/examples/wasm/demo.html
index 25e1b835..8f9f286c 100644
--- a/examples/wasm/demo.html
+++ b/examples/wasm/demo.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ <h1>json_schema_wasm - browser demo</h1>
     <script type="module">
       // The Wasm package is built into `pkg/` by `just wasm-demo` with
       //   wasm-pack build wasm --target web --out-dir examples/wasm/pkg
-      import init, { check_compat, generate_value } from "../../wasm/pkg/jsoncompat_wasm.js";
+      import init, { check_compat, generate_value, validator_for } from "../../wasm/pkg/jsoncompat_wasm.js";
 
       const out = document.getElementById('out');
 
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ <h1>json_schema_wasm - browser demo</h1>
         lines.push('\n=== Example value generation ===');
         const sample = await generate_value(oldSchema, 3);
         lines.push(sample);
+        const validator = validator_for(oldSchema);
+        if (!validator.is_valid(sample)) {
+          throw new Error("generated sample failed reusable validation");
+        }
+        if (validator.is_valid('{"name": 1}')) {
+          throw new Error("invalid sample passed reusable validation");
+        }
+        lines.push('\n=== Reusable validation ===');
+        lines.push(`generated JSON is valid: ${validator.is_valid(sample)}`);
 
         out.textContent = lines.join('\n');
       })();
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
index ec268d39..ced2d67b 100644
--- a/python/README.md
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ print(is_compatible)
 
 example = jsc.generate_value(old_schema, depth=5)
 print(example)
+
+validator = jsc.validator_for(old_schema)
+print(validator.is_valid_json(example))
+print(validator.is_valid_value("hello"))
 ```
 
 ## API
@@ -33,6 +37,11 @@ print(example)
 - `generate_value(schema_json: str, depth: int = 5) -> str`
   - Returns a JSON string for one generated value accepted by the schema.
   - Raises `ValueError` when the schema is invalid, known to be unsatisfiable, or generation exhausts its retry budget.
+- `validator_for(schema_json: str) -> Validator`
+  - Parses the schema once and returns a reusable validator.
+  - `Validator.is_valid_json(instance_json: str) -> bool` validates JSON strings against the parsed schema.
+  - `Validator.is_valid_value(instance: JsonValue) -> bool` validates Python JSON-compatible values: `None`, `bool`, finite `int`/`float`, `str`, `list`, `tuple`, and `dict[str, ...]`.
+  - `Validator.is_valid(instance_json: str) -> bool` remains a short compatibility alias for JSON-string validation.
 - `Role.SERIALIZER`, `Role.DESERIALIZER`, and `Role.BOTH` are string constants accepted by `check_compat`.
 
 Schemas are passed as JSON strings. `check_compat` returns a boolean verdict and raises `ValueError` for invalid JSON, invalid schemas, or hard unsupported compatibility cases.
diff --git a/python/jsoncompat.pyi b/python/jsoncompat.pyi
index 24d1692e..1e49ae65 100644
--- a/python/jsoncompat.pyi
+++ b/python/jsoncompat.pyi
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 """Typing stubs for jsoncompat Python package"""
 
-from typing import Final, Literal
+from typing import Final, Literal, TypeAlias
 
 RoleLiteral = Literal["serializer", "deserializer", "both"]
+JsonValue: TypeAlias = (
+    None
+    | bool
+    | int
+    | float
+    | str
+    | list["JsonValue"]
+    | tuple["JsonValue", ...]
+    | dict[str, "JsonValue"]
+)
 
 class _Role:
     SERIALIZER: Final[Literal["serializer"]]
@@ -11,9 +21,15 @@ class _Role:
 
 Role: _Role
 
+class Validator:
+    def is_valid(self, instance_json: str) -> bool: ...
+    def is_valid_json(self, instance_json: str) -> bool: ...
+    def is_valid_value(self, instance: JsonValue) -> bool: ...
+
 def check_compat(
     old_schema_json: str, new_schema_json: str, role: RoleLiteral = "both"
 ) -> bool: ...
 def generate_value(schema_json: str, depth: int = 5) -> str: ...
+def validator_for(schema_json: str) -> Validator: ...
 
 __all__: list[str]
diff --git a/python/src/lib.rs b/python/src/lib.rs
index 384acbf2..74c97b34 100644
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,39 @@
 //! constants module. Both functions accept JSON schemas as strings and report
 //! invalid inputs or hard unsupported core-library cases as `ValueError`.
 
-use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
+use pyo3::exceptions::{PyTypeError, PyValueError};
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use pyo3::types::{PyAny, PyBool, PyDict, PyFloat, PyInt, PyList, PyString, PyTuple};
 
 use ::jsoncompat::{Role, SchemaDocument, check_compat, validate_compatibility_input};
 use json_schema_fuzz::{GenerateError, GenerationConfig, ValueGenerator};
 
-use serde_json::Value as JsonValue;
+use serde_json::{Map as JsonMap, Number as JsonNumber, Value as JsonValue};
+
+#[pyclass(name = "Validator", module = "jsoncompat", unsendable)]
+struct ValidatorPy {
+    schema: SchemaDocument,
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl ValidatorPy {
+    /// Check whether a JSON value encoded as a string satisfies this validator's schema.
+    fn is_valid(&self, instance_json: &str) -> PyResult<bool> {
+        self.is_valid_json(instance_json)
+    }
+
+    /// Check whether a JSON value encoded as a string satisfies this validator's schema.
+    fn is_valid_json(&self, instance_json: &str) -> PyResult<bool> {
+        let instance = parse_json(instance_json)?;
+        validate_value_for_schema(&self.schema, &instance)
+    }
+
+    /// Check whether a Python JSON-compatible value satisfies this validator's schema.
+    fn is_valid_value(&self, instance: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<bool> {
+        let instance = py_to_json_value(instance)?;
+        validate_value_for_schema(&self.schema, &instance)
+    }
+}
 
 fn validated_schema(raw: &JsonValue) -> Result<SchemaDocument, String> {
     let schema = SchemaDocument::from_json(raw).map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
@@ -27,6 +53,82 @@ fn compatibility_schema(raw: &JsonValue) -> Result<SchemaDocument, String> {
     Ok(schema)
 }
 
+fn validate_value_for_schema(schema: &SchemaDocument, instance: &JsonValue) -> PyResult<bool> {
+    schema
+        .is_valid(instance)
+        .map_err(|e| PyErr::new::<PyValueError, _>(format!("Validation failed: {e}")))
+}
+
+fn py_to_json_value(value: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<JsonValue> {
+    if value.is_none() {
+        return Ok(JsonValue::Null);
+    }
+    if value.is_instance_of::<PyBool>() {
+        return Ok(JsonValue::Bool(value.extract::<bool>()?));
+    }
+    if value.is_instance_of::<PyInt>() {
+        return py_int_to_json_value(value);
+    }
+    if value.is_instance_of::<PyFloat>() {
+        let number = value.extract::<f64>()?;
+        if !number.is_finite() {
+            return Err(PyErr::new::<PyValueError, _>("JSON numbers must be finite"));
+        }
+        let Some(number) = JsonNumber::from_f64(number) else {
+            return Err(PyErr::new::<PyValueError, _>(
+                "failed to convert Python float to JSON number",
+            ));
+        };
+        return Ok(JsonValue::Number(number));
+    }
+    if value.is_instance_of::<PyString>() {
+        return Ok(JsonValue::String(value.extract::<String>()?));
+    }
+    if let Ok(list) = value.cast::<PyList>() {
+        return list
+            .iter()
+            .map(|item| py_to_json_value(&item))
+            .collect::<PyResult<Vec<_>>>()
+            .map(JsonValue::Array);
+    }
+    if let Ok(tuple) = value.cast::<PyTuple>() {
+        return tuple
+            .iter()
+            .map(|item| py_to_json_value(&item))
+            .collect::<PyResult<Vec<_>>>()
+            .map(JsonValue::Array);
+    }
+    if let Ok(dict) = value.cast::<PyDict>() {
+        let mut object = JsonMap::with_capacity(dict.len());
+        for (key, item) in dict {
+            if !key.is_instance_of::<PyString>() {
+                return Err(PyErr::new::<PyTypeError, _>(
+                    "JSON object keys must be strings",
+                ));
+            }
+            object.insert(key.extract::<String>()?, py_to_json_value(&item)?);
+        }
+        return Ok(JsonValue::Object(object));
+    }
+
+    Err(PyErr::new::<PyTypeError, _>(format!(
+        "expected a JSON-compatible value, got {}",
+        value.get_type().name()?
+    )))
+}
+
+fn py_int_to_json_value(value: &Bound<'_, PyAny>) -> PyResult<JsonValue> {
+    if let Ok(number) = value.extract::<i64>() {
+        return Ok(JsonValue::Number(JsonNumber::from(number)));
+    }
+    if let Ok(number) = value.extract::<u64>() {
+        return Ok(JsonValue::Number(JsonNumber::from(number)));
+    }
+    Err(PyErr::new::<PyValueError, _>(
+        "JSON integer is outside the supported range",
+    ))
+}
+
 /// Parse a JSON string into a serde_json::Value, converting any error into a Python ValueError.
 fn parse_json(s: &str) -> PyResult<JsonValue> {
     serde_json::from_str(s).map_err(|e| PyErr::new::<PyValueError, _>(format!("Invalid JSON: {e}")))
@@ -115,12 +217,24 @@ fn generate_value_py(schema_json: &str, depth: u8) -> PyResult<String> {
     })
 }
 
+/// Build a reusable validator for one JSON Schema document.
+#[pyfunction]
+#[pyo3(signature = (schema_json), name = "validator_for")]
+fn validator_for_py(schema_json: &str) -> PyResult<ValidatorPy> {
+    let raw = parse_json(schema_json)?;
+    let schema = validated_schema(&raw)
+        .map_err(|e| PyErr::new::<PyValueError, _>(format!("Invalid schema: {e}")))?;
+    Ok(ValidatorPy { schema })
+}
+
 /// Python module definition
 #[pymodule]
 #[pyo3(name = "jsoncompat")]
 fn jsoncompat(py: Python, m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(check_compat_py, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(generate_value_py, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(validator_for_py, m)?)?;
+    m.add_class::<ValidatorPy>()?;
 
     let role_constants = PyModule::new(py, "Role")?;
     role_constants.add("SERIALIZER", "serializer")?;
diff --git a/wasm/README.md b/wasm/README.md
index 83d6fd25..d4360c06 100644
--- a/wasm/README.md
+++ b/wasm/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ npm install jsoncompat@0.3.1
 ## Quick start
 
 ```js
-import init, { check_compat, generate_value } from "jsoncompat";
+import init, { check_compat, generate_value, validator_for } from "jsoncompat";
 
 await init();
 
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ const newSchema = '{"type":["string","null"]}';
 
 const ok = check_compat(oldSchema, newSchema, "deserializer");
 const valueJson = generate_value(newSchema, 5);
+const validator = validator_for(newSchema);
+const valueOk = validator.is_valid(valueJson);
 ```
 
 ## API
@@ -29,6 +31,10 @@ const valueJson = generate_value(newSchema, 5);
   accepts `"serializer"`, `"deserializer"`, or `"both"` for `role`.
 - `generate_value(schema_json, depth) -> string` returns one generated JSON value
   encoded as a string.
+- `validator_for(schema_json) -> Validator` parses a schema once and returns a
+  reusable validator.
+  - `Validator.is_valid(instance_json) -> boolean` validates a JSON string
+    against the parsed schema.
 
 Both functions accept schemas as JSON strings and throw string-backed
 `wasm-bindgen` errors for invalid JSON, invalid schemas, hard unsupported
diff --git a/wasm/src/lib.rs b/wasm/src/lib.rs
index 73e5bf64..f84a624c 100644
--- a/wasm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wasm/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 //! WebAssembly bindings for the `jsoncompat` compatibility checker and value generator.
 //!
-//! JavaScript callers get two exported functions: `check_compat` and
-//! `generate_value`. Both accept schemas as JSON strings and return JavaScript
-//! values or string errors through `wasm-bindgen`.
+//! JavaScript callers get exported compatibility helpers plus one-shot
+//! generation and reusable validation. Public functions accept schemas as JSON
+//! strings and return JavaScript values or string errors through `wasm-bindgen`.
 
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 
@@ -47,6 +47,28 @@ fn parse_role(role: &str) -> Result<Role, JsValue> {
     }
 }
 
+fn validate_json_for_schema(schema: &SchemaDocument, instance_json: &str) -> Result<bool, JsValue> {
+    let instance = parse_json(instance_json)?;
+    schema
+        .is_valid(&instance)
+        .map_err(|e| JsValue::from_str(&format!("validation failed: {e}")))
+}
+
+/// Reusable validator for one JSON Schema document.
+#[wasm_bindgen]
+pub struct Validator {
+    schema: SchemaDocument,
+}
+
+#[wasm_bindgen]
+impl Validator {
+    /// Check whether a JSON value encoded as a string satisfies this validator's schema.
+    #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = is_valid)]
+    pub fn is_valid_js(&self, instance_json: &str) -> Result<bool, JsValue> {
+        validate_json_for_schema(&self.schema, instance_json)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Check compatibility between two schemas.
 ///
 /// * `old_schema_json` – original schema as JSON string
@@ -95,6 +117,18 @@ pub fn generate_value_js(schema_json: &str, depth: u8) -> Result<String, JsValue
     serde_json::to_string(&v).map_err(|e| JsValue::from_str(&format!("serialization failure: {e}")))
 }
 
+/// Build a reusable validator for a JSON Schema.
+///
+/// * `schema_json` – schema as JSON string
+/// Exported to JavaScript as `validator_for`.
+#[wasm_bindgen(js_name = validator_for)]
+pub fn validator_for_js(schema_json: &str) -> Result<Validator, JsValue> {
+    let raw = parse_json(schema_json)?;
+    let schema =
+        validated_schema(&raw).map_err(|e| JsValue::from_str(&format!("invalid schema: {e}")))?;
+    Ok(Validator { schema })
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::{compatibility_schema, validated_schema};