The Cathedral School continues its track record for excellence
AT the Cathedral School, 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 give students the opportunity to reach their full potential in a vibrant, fun and supportive environment.
A beautiful campus and links with Llandaff Cathedral inspire a sense of heritage, while our first-class curriculum enables our 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.
With 800 pupils aged three to 18, the Cathedral School 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, Cambridge, Imperial College London, 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. It prides itself upon being a strong learning community. It is important that everyone feels valued and that they have a meaningful part to play.
The school was delighted to hear last week that former pupil, Louis Rees-Zammit has been selected for Wales’ Six Nations rugby squad and it looks forward to welcoming Glamorgan cricketer and former pupil, Ruaidhri Smith back to school at the end of January to run a winter skills session in the athletic development and well-being centre.
The Cathedral School has been identified as sector-leading by Estyn for our work in helping “pupils to develop self-confidence, acquire a broad range of important life skills and to become well-informed and active citizens”.
This term Year 10 pupil, Angel has been selected as a member of the UK Youth Parliament, following a year of serving the Wales Youth Parliament and Race Council Cymru. Sixth former, Saiba was recently elected as the chairperson for the Children’s Commissioner’s Youth Advisory Panel for Wales and Year 8 pupil
Paige was selected as a national “I will” ambassador, campaigning for gender equality, reduction of plastic use and animal welfare.
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, 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 means-tested bursaries is available at Year 7 and 12 entry, with scholarships in a range of disciplines from academic to sport and music.
Why not visit on one of the open days to see what makes the Cathedral School such a dynamic and high achieving place of learning? To book a place, please visit www.cathedralschool.couk/opendays
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