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School Atlas lists 98 state primary schools, 18 state secondary schools, 7 special schools, 1 pupil referral unit and 1 post-16 school or college in Cardiff. It also lists 18 independent schools and 136 nurseries and other early-years settings.
Of the state primary, secondary and all-through schools, 28 have a religious character: 16 Roman Catholic and 12 Church in Wales.
21 schools teach wholly or partly through Welsh (18 Welsh-medium and 3 dual-stream).
Estyn inspects schools in Cardiff. It has not given summative grades since 2020: its reports set out what each school does well and what it should improve.
We hold the catchment area for 84 schools in Cardiff. Select a school on the map to see its area.
We also hold last-distance-offered records for 15 schools. That distance is not always a cut-off: at a school with places to spare it is simply the furthest applicant.
Primary (Reception) closing date: set by your council; check its admissions page.