Tai Educational Centre, Rhondda
Tai Educational Centre is a school for pupils in Rhondda.
- Estyn
- Not in follow-up
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Tai Educational Centre in detail
School in Wales
Tai Educational Centre is a school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.
What Estyn said
Estyn's most recent full inspection report on Tai Educational Centre dates from 2025.
Read the full Estyn report (school website)
Source: © Crown copyright, Estyn: "Inspection report Tai Educational Centre 2025". Quoted under Estyn's re-use terms.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Tonypandy Rail Station, about 480 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grovefield Terrace (near), 40 metres away.
Sources: Welsh Government school data and StatsWales (OGL); Estyn; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASInspection
Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Read Tai Educational Centre's Estyn reports.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Tai Educational Centre is in Rhondda Cynon Taf; for families living there:
Apply to Rhondda Cynon Taf for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 18
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 10
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 7 serious and 10 slight.
10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf is 4 (the median across 111 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Tai Educational Centre
What is the catchment area for Tai Educational Centre?
In Wales catchment areas are set by the local authority, so Tai Educational Centre has a defined catchment published by Rhondda Cynon Taf. Living in it does not guarantee a place - when the school is oversubscribed Rhondda Cynon Taf applies the published criteria, which usually put looked-after children first, then siblings, then distance - but it normally carries priority.
How do I apply to Tai Educational Centre?
Apply through Rhondda Cynon Taf, naming Tai Educational Centre on your application. Welsh admission deadlines are set by each local authority rather than nationally, so check Rhondda Cynon Taf's admissions pages for this year's closing date.
How many road collisions happen near Tai Educational Centre?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 7 serious and 10 slight. 10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf is 4 (the median across 111 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Tai Educational Centre?
Tai Educational Centre is at Grovefield Terrace, Penygraig, Rhondda, CF40 1HL.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)