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School Term and Holiday Dates
Academic Year 2024/2025 TERM TERM BEGINS HALF TERM STARTS HALF TERM ENDS TERM ENDS AUTUMN2024 Monday2 September Monday28 October Friday1 November Friday20 December SPRING2025 Monday6 Januar… Content last updated: 24 July 2024
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School admissions
Apply for a School place and how to appeal if you don’t get the School of your choice. Content last updated: 09 October 2023
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School Catering
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council School Catering Service believes that for the very best start in life children and young people need good nutrition. Our Primary and Secondary school menus are pl… Content last updated: 29 May 2025
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Apply for a school place
If you would like to apply for a school place please choose one of the below links Content last updated: 14 August 2024
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School admission appeals
Every school in Merthyr Tydfil has an admission number which is set by reference to the school’s capacity to accommodate pupils. The following information relates to admission arrangements for communi… Content last updated: 05 March 2025
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Secondary school admissions
Before you apply: Check your school catchment area You can apply for up to 3 different schools. You must rank the schools in order of preference. The first school should be the one you would most… Content last updated: 17 June 2025
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Reception primary school admissions
Before you apply: Check your School catchment area You can apply for up to 3 different schools. You must rank the schools in order of preference. The first school should be the one you would most li… Content last updated: 17 June 2025
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Check school catchment areas
The map pinpoints schools for an area, but you can find out which catchment area you are looking at by clicking anywhere else within the boundaries - a pop up will list the catchment schools for the s… Content last updated: 28 October 2024
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Apply for Free School Meals
If you live in Merthyr Tydfil and receive any of the following, you can claim free school meals for your school-aged child: Income Support Income Based Jobseeker's Allowance Support under Part VI of… Content last updated: 12 September 2024
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Merthyr Tydfil’s first five-star holiday billing
A suite of luxury holiday self-catering cottages has become the first Merthyr Tydfil accommodation to be awarded a coveted five stars by Visit Wales. The Pencerrig Collection, which comprises seven ho… Content last updated: 16 June 2023
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Pre-nursery and nursery school admissions
Before you apply: Check your School catchment area You can apply for up to 3 different schools. You must rank the schools in order of preference. The first school should be the one you would most lik… Content last updated: 16 June 2025
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School Inspections
All schools are inspected by Estyn on a six-yearly cycle although schools that do not perform as well as they should may be subject to follow-up inspections and/or additional monitoring by the local a… Content last updated: 11 May 2021
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School admissions information
The entry of children into schools is controlled and administered by an ‘Admissions Authority’. For all Community Schools in Merthyr Tydfil, including Welsh Medium, the Admissions Authority is the Sc… Content last updated: 16 June 2025
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Delta COVID-19 variant – Goetre School, Merthyr Tydfil
Concerns of potential cases of the Delta variant at Goetre School in Merthyr Tydfil have meant that, for precautionary measures, the school will remain closed until Monday 14th June 2021. With this va… Content last updated: 04 June 2021
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School crossing patrols
When you see a SCP step into the road ahead of you, displaying the STOP sign, drivers MUST STOP to allow people cross the road (Rule 87 of the Highway Code) It is an offence under the Road Traffic Act… Content last updated: 31 October 2019