CHILDREN have been refused places at almost a third of Vale of Glamorgan’s primary schools because they’re oversubscribed for the next academic year.

A total of 11 of the Vale’s 36 community and voluntary-controlled primary schools had to turn away applications because demand for places exceeded supply.

Gwenfo Church in Wales Primary was the most oversubscribed in the county with 25 refusals, followed by Cogan Primary, which had to turn away 21 children.

Oversubscribed primary schools in the Vale had to refuse 115 applications in total – but those who missed out have been offered some of the 233 vacant places that are still available at other schools.

The council says 66 of the applications refused were for children who live outside the Vale of Glamorgan.

A total of 30 children in the Vale are currently without a school offer as they didn’t get any of the places they applied for. The council says this was “mainly as a result of submitting only one school preference for an out of catchment school”.

Out of the 1,360 applications for community primary and voluntary controlled schools, 91% – 1,237 – got their first choice.

The 11 oversubscribed primary schools in the Vale of Glamorgan are:

1. Gwenfo C/W Primary

Places offered: 30

Refused: 25

Last allocated place was to someone living 1.758  miles away from the school

2. Cogan Primary

Places offered: 30

Refused: 21

Last allocated place was to someone living 0.641  miles away from the school

3. St Nicholas C/W Primary

Places offered: 18

Refused: 17

Last allocated place was to someone living 2.61 miles away from the school

4. Victoria Primary

Places offered: 60

Refused: 10

Last allocated place was to someone living 0.555 miles away from the school

5. Barry Island Primary

Places offered: 30

Refused: 9

Last allocated place was to someone living 0.464 miles away from the school

6. Llandough Primary

Places offered: 30

Refused: 9

Last allocated place was to someone living 0.868 miles away from the school

7. St Athan Primary

Places offered: 30

Refused: 7

There are no figures for last qualifying distance as pupils weren’t refused due to proximity to the school.

8. Albert Primary

Places offered: 55

Refused: 6

Last allocated place was to someone living 1.849 miles away from the school

9. Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg

Places offered: 30

Refused: 5

Last allocated place was to someone living 1.909 miles away from the school

10. Llangan Primary

Places offered: 15

Refused: 4

There are no figures for last qualifying distance as pupils weren’t refused due to proximity to the school.

11. Cadoxton Primary

Places offered: 60

Refused: 2

Last allocated place was to someone living 1.059 miles away from the school