Cardiff School Catchment Areas

Schools in Cardiff split across 75 primaries and 15 secondaries, with catchment boundaries set afresh each admissions cycle by the council's school admissions team.

The vast majority of schools in Cardiff are concentrated in Cardiff — distance and catchment criteria apply as usual, but choice is limited outside the main settlement.

Admissions to all schools in Cardiff are coordinated by the council — catchment area and sibling priority are the most common tiebreakers when schools are oversubscribed.