Two of the Vale of Glamorgan’s six council-controlled secondary schools were heavily over-subscribed during this year’s applications process, we can reveal.

Figures released using the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act show both St Cyres Comprehensive School, in Penarth , and Cowbridge Comprehensive School did not have the capacity to meet the demand for places when applications were first submitted.

A total of 302 pupils applied to start at Cowbridge this September, but there were only 240 places available.

Reported by Wales Online. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.