View our school catchment areas
- you can apply for your child to go to any school
- children living within a school’s catchment area are given priority over children living outside the catchment area, but this does not guarantee a place
- every school in Newport has a catchment area, each Newport address will fall within the catchment area of both an English-medium, Welsh-medium and faith school
- your catchment school may not be your nearest school
- check your catchment before applying for schools as you may not be eligible for transport help
- if you decide not to apply for your catchment school at all, this could increase the chances of your child not being given a place at a school of your choice
- the Welsh-medium secondary school catchment area covers the city of Newport as well as the catchment area for Ysgol Y Ffin in Monmouthshire