Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0State schools in Three Crosses
1 state-funded school is located in Three Crosses’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; Three Crosses’s overall grade uses its other subjects.
Where Three Crosses’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 Three Crosses’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 Three Crosses’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 Three Crosses. 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 Three Crosses
Swansea Council handles applications for every state school in Three Crosses. 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 Three Crosses
Every state school in Three Crosses, 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.
Three Crosses and the places around it
State schools and Welsh-medium schools in the built-up areas around Three Crosses.
| Town | Schools | Welsh-medium |
|---|---|---|
| Three Crosses 1 school | 1 | 0 |
| Dunvant 1 school · 1.2 mi | 1 | 0 |
| Gowerton 5 schools · 1.9 mi | 5 | 2 |
| Pen-clawdd 1 school · 1.9 mi | 1 | 0 |
| Loughor 2 schools · 2.5 mi | 2 | 0 |
| Gorseinon 5 schools · 3 mi | 5 | 1 |
| Bishopston 2 schools · 3.4 mi | 2 | 0 |
| Southgate 1 school · 3.9 mi | 1 | 0 |
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 Three Crosses’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 Three Crosses
Are schools in Three Crosses good?
Wales doesn’t publish school-level results, so Welsh towns, Three Crosses among them, have no School Grade. The overall grade uses the other subjects.
How many state schools are in Three Crosses?
1 open state-funded school is located in Three Crosses’s built-up area: 1 primary, 0 secondary and 0 other.
Are there Welsh-medium schools in Three Crosses?
None of the mainstream state schools inside Three Crosses’s built-up area teaches mainly in Welsh; Swansea Council can say which Welsh-medium school serves the area.
How do I apply for a school place in Three Crosses?
Through Swansea Council, which sets its own closing dates for primary and secondary places.
Why do Three Crosses’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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