Our Mission Statement: Our school is a family. We will create a supportive, progressive and encouraging environment where all individuals have the best opportunities to develop their talents. We celebrate our Welshness, language, and culture and show pride in each other’s successes. Every opportunity will be taken to promote respect, care, and equality in our day-to-day lives. Children will be encouraged to develop their self-esteem and self-confidence through a wide variety of enriching and challenging activities. We will work together, both teaching and support staff, pupils, governors, parents, and friends with one common aim in mind - to make Ysgol Santes Tudful a happy, lively, and welcoming community where every child experiences success and is ready for experiences in the twenty-first century.
Ysgol Santes Tudful is a Welsh-medium school that is firmly rooted in the town of Merthyr Tudful. It provides high-quality Welsh-medium education to over 440 pupils with English introduced in Year 3. This ensures that all the pupils leave the school competent and confident in their use of both languages and thoroughly prepared for the transition to Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun. The school provides a range of rich educational experiences and prepares the pupils to become responsible bilingual citizens that respect each other, their peers, their heritage, and their environment.
You are invited as parents to participate in all the school’s activities, and we look forward to a happy, successful, and fruitful partnership during your child’s primary education. The entry of children to schools is controlled and administered by an ‘Admissions Authority. In the case of community schools, the admissions authority is Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council also known as the authority.
In the case of voluntary aided (faith) schools, the admissions authority is the governing body of the individual school. Within the County Borough, each school has its own designated catchment area. Most parents/carers send their child to the ‘local’ school, but some parents/carers exercise their right to state a preference for a different school. In all cases, parents/carers of pupils who are due to change schools in September 2016 will need to indicate, on the official application form, their preferred school. No one has an automatic right to attend a school but all of the official applications, submitted before the closing date will be considered
