Track record for excellence continues
THE Cathedral School’s excellent academic results and exceptional co-curricular programme fosters the growth of intellectual curiosity, offering enormous breadth of opportunity.
High quality pastoral care and the school’s Christian ethos gives its students the opportunity to reach their full potential in a vibrant, fun and supportive environment.
The beautiful campus and links with Llandaff Cathedral inspire a sense of heritage, while a first-class curriculum enables young people to look confidently to the future.
The Cathedral School was acknowledged by Estyn as “Excellent” in all five inspection areas in September 2018.
Praising the school’s “high quality of teaching” and the “extremely high standards achieved by pupils”, the inspection report also recognises its care, support and guidance arrangements which “help pupils to develop self-confidence, acquire a broad range of important life skills and to become well-informed and active citizens.” The work the school undertakes in this particular area has been identified as sector-leading practice to be shared with the education sector in Wales.
The Cathedral School, with 800 pupils aged three to 18, is one of the top performing co-educational schools in Wales at A-level and GCSE, with pupils progressing to the most selective and sought after universities, including Oxford, Manchester, Bristol, Warwick, Cardiff and Nottingham.
Very high levels of inclusion in music, sport and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award are a reflection of the school’s commitment to ‘breadth’ as well as ‘depth’. Standards of music performance are unmatched and the school is equally proud of its sporting tradition.
The school prides itself on being a strong learning community. It is important that everyone feels valued and that they have a meaningful part to play.
School for the youngest pupils is a journey of exploration, preparing them for their secondary education with confidence and a zest for life, strong academic skills, an appetite for learning, a rounded personality and enjoyment of music, sport and other activities.
Firm friendships are created on the much-anticipated bonding weekend when new pupils join the school in Year 7 and the competitive house system provides opportunities to develop their leadership skills.
With a full range of academic subjects available (England Pathway Qualifications), very small classes, highly experienced staff with close university links, the sixth-form culture is ambitious and supportive in equal measure.
At the Cathedral School, every pupil’s skill, interest, talent and potential are nurtured.
School transport is offered along six routes from Castleton, Cowbridge, Caerphilly, Colwinston, Llantrisant and Lisvane. Working parents are helped by wrap-around care from 8am to 6pm and a holiday club for pupils and their siblings.
Financial support via meanstested bursaries is available at Year 7 and 12 entry, with scholarships in a range of disciplines from academic to sport and music.
Please visit the whole school open morning on Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 9.30am to 12.30pm to see what makes the Cathedral School such a dynamic and high achieving place of learning. To book a place, please visit www.cathedral-school. couk/opendays.
■ For further information, visit www.cathedral-school.co.uk or contact the registrar Ms Deborah Whitehouse on 029 2083 8504 or registrar@cathedral-school.co.uk