Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Helyg

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Children Looked After — Priority to be given to children looked after/previously looked after (children under Local Authority care); following consultation on the appropriateness of the named school. Children in care means children who are in care of a Local Authority in accordance with Section 22 Children Act 1989.
2. 2Catchment school — Children who live in the catchment area of the school on or before the published closing date.
3. 3Social or medical need — Children who the Authority accepts have an exceptional medical or social need for a place at one specific school. Applications will only be considered under this category if they are supported by a medical consultant's report. The information must specify the medical advantage of the child attending the preferred school. Please note that reports from family doctors are NOT accepted for this purpose.
4. 4Brother or sister at the school — Children who will have a brother or sister at the school to which the parent/carer is applying, after the date of admission, will be given a higher priority than those who do not. Please note however, that having a sibling at the school does not guarantee admission for any other children in the family. Brothers and sisters whether half, full, step or foster will be considered relevant where living in the same household.
5. 5Distance — Children living closest to the preferred school measured by the shortest recognised permitted walking route.

If two applications tie: Where more than one sibling case must be separated, priority will be given to those children CLOSEST IN AGE to the sibling already attending the preferred school as of the admission date. Otherwise priority goes to children living closest to the preferred school, measured by the shortest recognised permitted walking route.

Where a school is named in a Local Authority Individual Development Plan the Council must admit the child BEFORE the oversubscription criteria are applied. A medical or social case must be supported by a MEDICAL CONSULTANT'S report specifying the medical advantage of the preferred school; reports from family doctors are NOT accepted. CATCHMENT CHANGES DETERMINED FOR THIS ROUND: following a consultation that ran from 12 December 2025 to 5 January 2026, Blaenau Gwent introduced a catchment area for Brynmawr Foundation School (taking in the catchment areas of Blaen y Cwm, Coed y Garn and Ystruth Primary Schools and amending Abertillery Learning Community's), and established a designated catchment area for Ysgol Gymraeg Tredegar while amending Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Helyg's. Any catchment boundary held for these schools from before 2026 is superseded.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.