Additional information from Mudiad Meithrin following the evidence session on 26 September 2024

Thank you for your e-mail, here are some additional comments for your attention.

To expand on the response provided, we could look at the example of Gwynedd where all statutory education provision is in Welsh (in primary). There is sometimes one child a year who will leave a Cylch Meithrin to go to a private school in the County.  Indeed, the data of the last few years shows a progression rate of 100% to Welsh medium education in Gwynedd.  This suggests that the education policy of the Local Authority has not contributed to a shift to the private sector.  We don’t have access to the data of children who go to private nurseries or childminders, but a significant percentage would go to statutory schools.