St David's  Church in Wales Primary School is a Voluntary Aided primary school with a strong and distinctive Christian character. The first priority of the Governors, as the Admissions Authority, is to admit the children of families who choose to have their children educated within a Christian ethos, emphasising the importance of prayer, worship and Christian teaching.

This is reflected in the whole life of the school. With this in mind, if the school is oversubscribed, priority will be given to the children of families who can demonstrate this through their active involvement in a Christian community.

The standard number of children that may be admitted to the Reception class each year is 30. St David's CiW Primary School offers part-time Nursery places five mornings and five afternoons each week. Children are admitted to the morning nursery class in the autumn term of the academic year of their fourth birthday. (The academic year runs from 1st September to 31st August.)

We also provide a rising 3’s afternoon Nursery class to which pupils are admitted at the beginning the term following their 3rd birthday. The school admits up to 30 nursery pupils each year in each class. In the event of more than 30 applications for nursery places, the same oversubscription criteria would be applied as set out for the allocation of places in the Reception class.

Applications for Nursery places should be submitted directly to the school.  Parents will be notified of the decision on the last day of the spring term, prior to the Easter break. As in all schools, children who are admitted to our nursery classes will not have an automatic right of admission to full time education at our school. A child’s name can be entered onto the waiting list at any age from birth to school age, but no guarantee of a place can be given.

Please find a copy of our Admissions policy and application form below. 

Key dates for Reception  Applications 

If you have legal parental responsibility for a child born between 01 September 2021 and 31 August 2022, you can now apply for a school place in a reception class to start in September 2026.

* All families are also advised to apply for at least 4 other schools within the Local Authority in addition to applying for placement at St Davids. 

ON LINE APPLICATION SERVICE

Apply online by using the Council’s online application service.

Go to www.cardiff.gov.uk/primaryadmissions and follow the instructions on screen. On the webpage is a useful ‘help to apply’ guide also.

If you would like support with your application, assistance is available at Council Hubs or via your Primary School. Y

You can find the locations and opening hours of the hubs at www.cardiff.gov.uk/hubs

To allow the Council to make accurate and fair decisions when allocating school places, you are asked to give reasons for each school you apply for. Some of the reasons require you to provide supporting documentation. These documents need to be received by the school admissions team by the closing date. Be sure to answer all the questions in the application process fully. These answers (such as details of older siblings, or medical/social issues your child may have) can influence your eligibility for a school place. If you don’t tell us we don’t know.

You can make changes to your application up to the closing date, but if you do, be sure to press ‘Submit’ on the final page when you are happy with your application. Applications left unsubmitted at the point the system closes cannot be accepted.