This is your chance to email Cardiff Council to declare your support for building an all-ages (3-19) Welsh-medium school in Grangetown/Butetown and for south Cardiff.
The school would include the 4th Welsh-medium secondary school in the city. In addition it will grow Welsh nursery/primary provision on the site for the coming years.
Send a message to the council by 26 March 2026. After that date the engagement process by the council will end.
Template for you to email
Follow the steps below to email Cardiff Council and express your support.
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- Go to your email app or system.
- Create a new email message.
- Copy the text below. Paste the text in your message.
Dear Cardiff Council
I support a Welsh-medium school for all ages (3-19) located in Butetown or Grangetown and to serve the families and communities of south Cardiff – namely a Welsh-medium secondary and primary school in a new, sustainable building with resources for the community (Option 5 in the document “Engagement on sustainable growth of Welsh-medium secondary provision”).
* The Welsh language belongs to everyone from all walks of life.
* Although the population of the south of the city is growing, there is no Welsh-medium secondary school to serve the south of the city. Children must have a local school – not travel out of their communities.
* The geographical spread of Welsh secondary education in the city discriminates against the most multicultural communities in the city and Wales.
* This is an injustice suffered by children from the most economically disadvantaged areas of the capital and Wales.
* The Curriculum for Wales clearly emphasises that children should receive their education in their community in order to celebrate their identity while learning about the world.
* Transporting children in the south of the city from their communities is not fair and inclusive and it is not possible for them to travel conveniently to a community school that represents them. There must be Welsh-medium secondary schools in the South, North, East and West of the city!
* The all-ages school will add to Welsh-medium primary provision in south Cardiff. On the site the number of primary streams could be increased over time. The Welsh Language and Education Act 2025 means that the Council has a duty to actively grow Welsh-medium education.
Read Ysgol De Caerdydd’s campaign position which gives more details on the points above: https://decaerdydd.cymru/engagement/
As a matter of social justice, the city’s 4th Welsh-medium secondary school must be built immediately – an all-age school (3-19) located in and to serve the children of Butetown, Grangetown and the south of the city.
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Sincerely,
***insert your name***
***insert your postal address*** - Insert your name at the end of the message.
- Please also enter your full postal address. Important!
- Optional. You could add personal comments at the end of the message. For example you could finish one of the sentences below:
- We need a new Welsh-medium school for the children of Grangetown/Butetown because…
- The new Welsh-medium school will be important to my family because…
- Send the email to schoolresponses@cardiff.gov.uk