Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0In Rhondda, Welsh-medium schools make up 22% of the total, above Mid Glamorgan’s towns (0%) and close to Wales’s schools (22%). 9 state-funded schools are located in Rhondda’s built-up area, 2 of them teaching in Welsh. Wales doesn’t publish school-level results comparable with England’s Key Stage 2 and GCSE tables, so Welsh towns have no School Grade; Rhondda’s overall grade uses its other subjects.
25% of Rhondda’s mainstream schools teach mainly in Welsh, against 29% across Wales. Families choose either, whatever language they speak at home. Welsh and English ↓
Written from the Welsh Government’s list of schools and DfE’s register on this page.
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 Rhondda’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.
Mainstream state schools by the Welsh Government’s language category. The black tick is the share across Wales.
2 Welsh-medium primaries in Rhondda. 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.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council handles applications for every state school in Rhondda. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.
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.
Every state school in Rhondda, 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.
Rhondda has 1 special school (Ysgol Hen Felin: 244 pupils). A special-school place isn’t applied for like a mainstream one: for a child with an individual development plan (IDP), Rhondda Cynon Taf Council names the school in the plan, after asking the family’s preference. Their cards ↑
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s additional learning needs (ALN) pages list support beyond these schools.
State schools and Welsh-medium schools in the built-up areas around Rhondda.
| Town | Schools | Welsh-medium |
|---|---|---|
| Rhondda 9 schools | 9 | 2 |
| Ferndale 1 school · 1.7 mi | 1 | 0 |
| Tylorstown and Pontygwaith 2 schools · 1.8 mi | 2 | 0 |
| Treorchy 4 schools · 1.9 mi | 4 | 1 |
| Maerdy 3 schools · 2 mi | 3 | 1 |
| Tonypandy 8 schools · 2.2 mi | 8 | 0 |
| Wattstown 0 schools · 2.5 mi | 0 | 0 |
| Nant-y-moel 1 school · 3.1 mi | 1 | 0 |
Wales doesn’t publish school-level results, so Welsh towns, Rhondda among them, have no School Grade. The overall grade uses the other subjects.
9 open state-funded schools are located in Rhondda’s built-up area: 8 primary, 0 secondary and 1 other.
Yes: 2 of 8 mainstream schools teach mainly in Welsh, including Ysgol G.G. Bodringallt and Ysgol G.G. Bronllwyn.
Through Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, which sets its own closing dates for primary and secondary places.
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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