School Admissions - Voluntary Aided Schools

Voluntary Aided (VA) primary schools

There are 5 VA ‘faith’ primary schools in Torfaen:

• St. David’s RC Primary School, Cwmbran
• Our lady of the Angels RC Primary School, Cwmbran
• Padre Pio RC Primary School, Pontypool
• Henllys Church in Wales Primary School
• Ponthir Church in Wales Primary School

In a change to previous years, all Reception applications in the normal admissions round should be submitted to the Council, even if one of the school preferences is a faith school.

All Voluntary Aided Schools have to admit up to their admission number. Should the number of applications for admission exceed the number of places available, allocation will be made according to the over subscription criteria agreed by the governing body of each school. Preference is normally afforded on such grounds as religious denomination, residency, siblings, etc. (see co-ordinated admissions arrangements for further details).

Nursery and In-year applications for a faith school should be submitted directly to the relevant school.

Voluntary Aided (VA) Secondary School

St. Albans RC High School is the regional Roman Catholic Secondary provision for Torfaen. Applications to St Alban’s RC High School, should be made directly via their website - www.stalbans-pontypool.org.uk (opens in new tab)

Details of the names and addresses of individual VA schools, their admission policies and details of the Authority's Transport policy relating to VA schools can be found in the School Admissions Policy.