Welsh Medium Childcare for pre-school children (0-4 years)
Welsh medium childcare for pre-school children in Torfaen is currently available through childminders, cylchoedd meithrin, and 1 day nursery.
- Childminders
- Cylchoedd Meithrin
- Full Day Care
- Welsh medium nursery education for your 3 or 4 year old
- Welsh medium primary school education
- Welsh medium out of school care
- All through School (Age range 3-18 years)
Childminders have to be registered with CIW and can offer full day care for your child, usually with opening times to suit working parents. Childminders may offer flexible sessions with shorter or longer opening hours and will often drop off and collect children attending a nursery or a school. Welsh medium childminders in Torfaen are:
- Michelle’s Childminding Service, Pontypool. Tel. 01495 524537
Cylchoedd Meithrin are Welsh medium playgroups usually available to children from 2 or 2 and a half years to 5 years of age. Cylchoedd Meithrin provide sessional childcare usually for 2 or 3 hours in either the morning or the afternoon and mainly during term time.
Many are registered with CIW and some offer nursery wraparound provision, where children are collected from or taken to their nursery school/class. Cylchoedd Meithrin in Torfaen are:
- Cylch Meithrin Abersychan, Trinity Methodist Church, High Street, NP4 7AE Tel. 01495 773302 or email cylchaber@gmail.com . Nursery wraparound is also available.
- Cylch Meithrin Cwmbran, The Powerstation, Blenheim Road, St. Dials, Cwmbran, NP44 4SY. Tel. 07549 395100 or email cylchmeithrin-cwmbran@outlook.com. Please note this provision is currently only providing Breakfast Club for children attending Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran Primary.
- Cylch Meithrin Dolwerdd, Greenmeadow Primary, Graig Rd, Greenmeadow NP44 5YY Tel: 07415045852 or email cylch-meithrin-dolwerdd@outlook.com.
- Ysgol Feithrin Pontypwl, St James Hall, St James Field, Hanbury Road,Pontypool, NP4 6JT. Tel. 01495 755 616 or email hgglynebwy@gmail.com. Please note this provision is registered as an Early Years Education Provider.
Meithrinfa Pontnewydd is a Welsh medium day nursery that provides care for children aged 0 – 5 years. They are also registered as an Early Years Education Provider. Torfaen County Borough Council can fund 4/5 sessions per week or 3 full days (term time only). Where a child attends a private nursery, parents will be responsible for any additional payment over and above the funding allocated by Torfaen.
Gofal Teg has recently opened within the school grounds of Ysgol Panteg and provides Welsh medium childcare for 2 – 11 year olds. This includes full day care and half day sessions for 2 – 4 year olds, wraparound childcare for 3-4 year olds and out of school provision for 4 – 11 year olds
- Meithrinfa Pontnewydd, 40 Station Road, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. Tel: 01633 873893 / 07901 826261 or email meithrinfapontnewydd@aol.com
- Gofal Teg, Station Road, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5JH Tel: 01495762300 or email gofalteg@outlook.com
Nursery schools and registered nursery education providers offer free part time early years education for 3 and 4 year olds, funded by the Local Authority. For more information on Nursery education funding in Torfaen generally, visit our nursery education page .Nursery provision is part time. If you require Welsh medium childcare to extend the time that your child is cared for, childminders and cylchoedd meithrin sometimes provide a nursery wraparound service (see details above).
Welsh medium nursery education is provided by all of the Welsh medium primary schools in Torfaen and by some childcare settings that have been approved by the Local Authority and Estyn. Welsh medium nursery education is available in the following Torfaen settings:
- Ysgol Bryn Onnen, Varteg Road, Varteg, Pontypool. Tel. 01495 772284 or email head.ysgolbrynonnen@torfaen.gov.uk
- Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran, Henllys Way, St. Dials, Cwmbran. Tel. 01633 483383 or email head.ysgolgymraegcwmbran@torfaen.gov.uk
- Ysgol Panteg, Station Road, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5JH Tel. 01495 762581 or email head.ysgolpanteg@torfaen.gov.uk
- Ysgol Feithrin Pontypwl, St James Hall, St James Field, Pontypool. Tel. 01495 755 616 or email hgglynebwy@gmail.com
- For more information on these settings and how to apply for nursery education, contact us on 0800 0196 330 or email fis@torfaen.gov.uk
There are four Welsh medium primary schools in Torfaen.
Children can transfer to a Welsh medium primary school from an English medium nursery and parents do not have to be Welsh speakers in order for their children to join a Welsh medium school. If you have any questions, you can contact the Head teachers directly or contact the admissions team on 01495 766915.
Welsh medium primary schools in Torfaen are:
- Ysgol Bryn Onnen, Varteg Road, Varteg, Pontypool. Tel. 01495 772284 or email head.ysgolbrynonnen@torfaen.gov.uk
- Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran, Henllys Way, St. Dials, Cwmbran. Tel. 01633 483383 or email head.ysgolgymraegcwmbran@torfaen.gov.uk
- Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw, Folly Road, Trevethin, Pontypool. NP4 8JD. Tel.01495 750405 or email head.ysgolgyfungwynllyw@torfaen.gov.uk
- Ysgol Panteg, Station Road, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5JH Tel. 01495 762581 or email head.ysgolpanteg@torfaen.gov.uk
Welsh medium out of school childcare in Torfaen is provided by childminders, breakfast clubs, before school clubs and after school clubs and is available to primary school aged children. . Please note that some before and after school clubs run less than two hours, therefore they do not have to register with CIW.
Welsh medium before and after school childcare is provided by:
Childminders:
- Michelle’s Childminding Service, Pontypool. Tel. 01495 524537
Before School Clubs;
- Cylch Meithrin Cwmbran, The Powerstation, Blenheim Road, St. Dials, Cwmbran, NP44 4SY. Tel. 07549 395100 or email cylchmeithrin-cwmbran@outlook.com (Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran)
- Gofal Teg, Ysgol Panteg, Station Road, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5JH Tel: 01495762300 or email gofalteg@outlook.com
After School Clubs:
- Clwb Plant y Tri Arth, Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran, Henllys Way, St. Dials, Cwmbran. Tel. 07790006546 or email clwbtriarth@hotmail.com (Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran only)
- Clwb Carco Bryn Onnen, Ysgol Bryn Onnen, Varteg Road, Varteg, Pontypool. Tel: 01495 755861 (Ysgol Bryn Onnen)
- Gofal Teg, Ysgol Panteg, Station Road, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5JH Torfaen. Email gofalteg@outlook.com
- Michelle’s Childminding Service, Pontypool. Tel. 01495 524537
- Gofal Teg, Ysgol Panteg, Station Road, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5JH Tel: 01495762300 or email gofalteg@outlook.com
- Torfaen Play provide Welsh Medium out of school provision. Please contact torfaenplay@torfaen.gov.uk for up to date information
Holiday Clubs
Childminders operate all year and may be able to care for your school aged child during school holidays.
Welsh medium childminders in Torfaen are:
Welsh medium holiday clubs in Torfaen are:
Torfaen Play
Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw is a regional Welsh medium all-age school which currently admits pupils from Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire and is situated in Trevethin, Pontypool. For more information call 01495 750405 or email head.ysgolgyfungwynllyw@torfaen.gov.uk . Childcare situated in the Primary school is currently being developed.
For further information on Welsh medium childcare, please visit our online childcare search facility here
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