Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0Welsh-medium schools are rarer in Lampeter: 0%, below Dyfed’s towns and Wales’s schools
Measured that way, Lampeter is below both Dyfed’s towns (29%) and Wales’s schools (22%). 1 state-funded school is located in Lampeter’s built-up area. Wales doesn’t publish school-level results comparable with England’s Key Stage 2 and GCSE tables, so Welsh towns have no School Grade; Lampeter’s overall grade uses its other subjects.
What stands out about Lampeter’s schools
No school sixth forms
None of Lampeter’s state secondaries teaches past 16; students go on to a further-education college or a sixth form elsewhere. After 16 ↓
All-through schools
Ysgol Bro Pedr teaches primary and secondary ages together, a type of school Wales calls a middle school. Every school ↓
Written from the Welsh Government’s list of schools and DfE’s register on this page.
Where Lampeter’s state school is
Each school at its address, coloured by its teaching language and sized by pupils. Open a school for its own page. The dashed shape is Lampeter’s built-up area.
Most schools give places by distance once siblings are in, so the schools nearest a home matter more than any league table.
Which language Lampeter’s schools teach in
Mainstream state schools by the Welsh Government’s language category. The black tick is the share across Wales.
No Welsh-medium primary in Lampeter. Welsh-medium schools teach mainly in Welsh and bring pupils to fluency in both languages; English-medium schools teach Welsh as a subject; dual-language schools teach in both.
How school places work in Lampeter
Ceredigion Council handles applications for every state school in Lampeter. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.
When a school is full
Every school publishes its admissions rules. Children in care come first, then, at most schools, brothers and sisters of current pupils, then those who live nearest. Infant classes are limited to 30 by law. If you’re refused a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.
1 state school in Lampeter
Every state school in Lampeter, from DfE’s register of schools (GIAS) and the Welsh Government’s list of schools (pupils, language). Wales publishes no school-level results. Each school has its own page.
Pupils: Welsh Government school census, as in its April 2026 list of schools.
Where Lampeter’s teenagers go at 16
Young people in Wales can leave education at 16; most stay on at a sixth form or a further-education college.
The state secondary in Lampeter teaches 11 to 16. Further-education colleges in Wales aren’t in DfE’s register, so they aren’t listed here.
Lampeter and the places around it
State schools and Welsh-medium schools in the built-up areas around Lampeter.
| Town | Schools | Welsh-medium |
|---|---|---|
| Lampeter 1 school | 1 | 0 |
| Llanybydder 1 school · 4.2 mi | 1 | 1 |
| Llandysul 0 schools · 11 mi | 0 | 0 |
| Pencader 1 school · 11.3 mi | 1 | 1 |
| Aberaeron 2 schools · 11.6 mi | 2 | 1 |
Wales doesn’t publish school-level results
- Not published in Wales. England publishes each school’s Key Stage 2 and GCSE results; Wales publishes no school-level results tables comparable with them. Estyn inspects Welsh schools and publishes a report on each, without a one-word judgement. So we list Lampeter’s schools and leave the School Grade out, rather than grade Welsh towns on a different measure.
- Estyn. Each school’s latest inspection report is on Estyn’s website: search by the school’s name. estyn.gov.wales ↗
Questions about schools in Lampeter
Are schools in Lampeter good?
Wales doesn’t publish school-level results, so Welsh towns, Lampeter among them, have no School Grade. The overall grade uses the other subjects.
How many state schools are in Lampeter?
1 open state-funded school is located in Lampeter’s built-up area: 1 primary, 1 secondary and -1 other.
Are there Welsh-medium schools in Lampeter?
None of the mainstream state schools inside Lampeter’s built-up area teaches mainly in Welsh; Ceredigion Council can say which Welsh-medium school serves the area.
How do I apply for a school place in Lampeter?
Through Ceredigion Council, which sets its own closing dates for primary and secondary places.
Why do Lampeter’s schools have no grades?
Wales doesn’t publish school-level results comparable with England’s tests and GCSE tables, so we don’t grade Welsh schools or towns on schools. Estyn publishes an inspection report on each school.
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Welsh establishments; Welsh Government address list of schools in Wales (April 2026: language, sector, pupils). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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