Radyr Comprehensive School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after and previously looked after children — Children who are looked after by a Local Authority in England or Wales or children who were previously looked after by a Local Authority in England or Wales.
2. 2Individual Development Plan naming the school — Children subject to an Individual Development Plan (IDP), in which a specific school is named.
3. 3In catchment with compelling medical or social grounds — Pupils who are resident within the defined catchment area of the school and in respect of whom the Council judges there are compelling medical grounds or compelling social grounds for their admission to a particular school.
4. 4In catchment with sibling — Pupils who are resident within the defined catchment area of the school and have a sibling enrolled in Years 7 to 11 who will be on register at the school when they are admitted.
5. 5Resident in catchment area — Pupils who are resident within the defined catchment area of the school.
6. 6Compelling medical or social grounds (out of catchment) — Pupils in respect of whom the Council judges there are compelling medical grounds or compelling social grounds for their admission to a particular school.
7. 7Sibling (out of catchment) — Pupils who have a sibling enrolled in Years 7 to 11 who will be on register at the school when they are admitted.
8. 8Proximity — In determining applications for admission in respect of other pupils the Council gives priority to children living nearest the school as measured by the shortest safe available route.
9. 9Multiple birth siblings — Where a community secondary school is oversubscribed, and one (or more) of the multiple birth siblings would be allocated a place but one (or more) of the multiple birth siblings would not be offered a place as the Published Admission Number has been met, the Council will admit the remaining multiple birth sibling(s).

If two applications tie: Proximity is the last criterion applied in all oversubscription criteria. The Council uses a GIS 'Integrated Transport Network' (ITN) compliant with the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008; the shortest safe available route is calculated to 4 decimal places from the applicant's home address co-ordinates (LLPG address point data) to the nearest open school gate using Ordnance Survey route data. Where no safe route is available, the nearest ITN point to the home address is used to calculate the shortest driving route to the nearest open school gate. Where flats share the same LLPG address point, the route is measured from the front entrance of each flat. For applicants within mainland UK but outside the ITN area, distance is the shortest driving distance per Google Maps.

Cardiff Council is the admission authority for community secondary schools. Whitchurch High School (foundation) and the voluntary aided secondary schools set and apply their own admission criteria.

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.