{"id":16860,"date":"2017-03-07T14:23:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=16860"},"modified":"2017-03-08T09:13:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T09:13:42","slug":"welsh-school-in-caerau-cant-meet-high-demand-for-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-school-in-caerau-cant-meet-high-demand-for-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh school in Caerau can&#8217;t meet high demand for places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many parents may find their children will\u00a0be refused a place at a school in Caerau, despite living in the catchment area.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau is the only Welsh-medium primary school serving the area. There are 30 reception class places available every year but demand for Welsh-medium places in Ely and Caerau has exceeded supply for the past five years. In 2015 21 children were refused acceptance, and in 2016 this rose to 25.<\/p>\n<p>Ceri McEvoy, Director of Development for the Rhieni Dros Addysg Gymraeg group (RhAG) (Parents for Welsh Medium Education) says they&#8217;re &#8220;losing children because there aren&#8217;t enough spaces&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She says: \u201c30 places catering for such a largely populated area is not sufficient. The council hasn\u2019t really got to grips with the demand \u2026 because of the lack of places, I would argue that the current situation is having an adverse effect on that growth and stifling it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16886\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16886\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-16886 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ceri-McEvoy-525x394.jpg\" alt=\"Ceri McEvoy\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceri McEvoy, Director of Development for RhAG<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Chair of Governors for Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau Owain Rhys says \u201cmore and more people want their child to have a Welsh-language education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cSome parents perceive it as a better education \u2026 and over the past 20 years the status of the Welsh language has changed immeasurably. Now there is a much more positive image of the Welsh language and this affects demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16887\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16887\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-16887 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Owain-Rhys-525x394.jpg\" alt=\"Owain Rhys\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owain Rhys, Chair of Governors<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Labour Councillor for the area Peter Bradbury says having a local Welsh-medium primary school to suit demand has been a priority. He says parents who want to send their children to a Welsh-medium school should have that possibility and he is working with the council to make necessary provisions. One suggestion has been a two-floor elementary.<\/p>\n<p>He says the increase in demand for Welsh schools may also be a response to the lack of good English-medium secondary schools in the area.<\/p>\n<p>He says:\u201cIt guarantees a place in a good secondary school in Plasmawr. Parents might be reluctant to send their child to English-medium primary schools because the catchment area is for Glyn Derw and Michaelston, which have traditionally not been seen as good schools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He says the current development of the secondary school in this area may take the strain off.<\/p>\n<p>The council have been approached for a comment.<\/p>\n<p>Parents will find out if their child has got a place for the 2017 admissions on April 18th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many parents may find their children will\u00a0be refused a place at a school in Caerau, despite living in the catchment area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[743,744],"tags":[129,182,121,1323,206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16860"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16967,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16860\/revisions\/16967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}