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School catchment areas
Catchment area information for schools across Bridgend County Borough.
Please note: There are no catchment areas for the Welsh-medium schools or voluntary aided faith schools in the county borough.
Welsh-medium schools
There are no catchment areas for the Welsh-medium schools in Bridgend.
A parent/carer can make an application for a place for their child at any Welsh-medium school within the county. However, if a parent/carer chooses to apply for place at a Welsh-medium school that is not the nearest Welsh-medium school to the child’s home residence, and that application is successful, there is no entitlement to free home-to-school transport to that requested school.
For full details of the criteria for provision of free home-to-school transport from September 2025, please view the Home-to-School Transport Policy.
Voluntary-aided faith schools
There are no catchment areas for the voluntary-aided faith schools in Bridgend.
A parent/carer can make an application for a place for their child at any voluntary-aided faith school within the county.
However, if a parent/carer chooses to apply for a voluntary-aided faith school that is not the nearest suitable voluntary-aided faith school, and that application is successful, there is no entitlement to free home-to-school transport to that requested school.
(Parents/carers should note that Pen y Fai Church in Wales Primary School is not a voluntary-aided faith school, and the school has a defined catchment area - Pen y Fai Church in Wales Primary School - Catchment Area)
For full details of the criteria for provision of free home-to-school transport from September 2025, please view the Home-to-School Transport Policy.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding catchment areas, please email: