Admission to School - Information for Parents 2026-2027
In this section
- Introduction
- SECTION A - Admissions to Carmarthenshire Schools
- When to Apply
- At what age can children start Primary school?
- Admission to secondary schools and sixth form
- Choosing a School and Catchment Areas
- How to Apply
- Awarding Places – Oversubscription Criteria
- Moving / Changing Schools outside the normal admissions arrangements (Mid/in Year Transfers)
- Notification of Offer of a Place at a School
- Appeals Regarding Admission of Pupils to Community / Voluntary Controlled Primary or Secondary Schools
- Admission to Voluntary Aided Schools
- SECTION B - Information on Education and Learning
- Learning Experiences
- The Teaching of Welsh and English in Carmarthenshire Schools
- Public Examinations
- Exclusion of Pupils
- School Activities
- School Leaving Date
- School Governing Bodies
- SECTION C – Services to Pupils
- Carmarthenshire County Council – School Transport Policy
- School Meals & School Essentials Grant
- Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
- School Safeguarding and Attendance Team
- Trust Funds
- The Careers Service
- Carmarthenshire Family Information Service
- The Childcare Offer
- Health & Well-being Promoting Schools Programme
- Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education
- SECTION D – Schools and Pupil Summary
- SECTION E - Carmarthenshire Schools: Nursery Schools
- Carmarthenshire Schools: Community, Voluntary Controlled and Voluntary Aided Primary Schools
- Carmarthenshire Schools: Secondary Schools and Voluntary Aided Secondary Schools
- Carmarthenshire Schools: Special Schools
School Governing Bodies
Each school or federation of schools has a governing body which comprises members of the local community, parents, teachers, staff and representatives of the Local Authority. Governing Bodies of church schools (voluntary aided and voluntary controlled) also have representatives of the church authority.
When vacancies arise for parent governors, information is circulated via the school’s usual communication channels, and to be eligible to be a parent governor, a person must have a child registered at the school for which the Governing Body is responsible. A parent governor holds office for a fixed period of four years (two years for Ammanford Nursery School) and a parent governor can, if he or she so chooses, serve the full term of office, even if his or her child is no longer a pupil at that school. Governing Bodies are required by law to meet at least once a term.
Further information relating to governing bodies can be obtained from the School Governance Unit at the Department for Education and Children
Contact: 01267 246448 / governance@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
