Established 1960 Religion Anglican DfE URN 401889 Tables Number of students 1,300 Founded 1960 | Type Comprehensive Headteacher Marc Belli Phone +44 29 2056 2485 Motto "Faith in Education" | |
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Location Rookwood CloseLlandaffCardiffCF5 2NRWales Staff 160 (75 teachers; 85 support staff) Similar Cardiff High School, Mary Immaculate High Sch, Cantonian High School, Cathays High School, Corpus Christi Catholic Profiles | ||
Bishop of llandaff church in wales high school top 10 facts
The Bishop of Llandaff High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd yr Eglwys yng Nghymru Esgob Llandaf) is a Church in Wales, Christian faith comprehensive school in the Llandaff area of Cardiff, Wales. The school admits both male and female students aged 11 to 18, from Cardiff and surrounding areas such as Vale of Glamorgan, Pontypridd and Bridgend. While the school is supported and partially controlled by the Church in Wales, it includes students from other Christian denominations.
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- Bishop of llandaff church in wales high school top 10 facts
- House System
- The Marion Centre
- Notable former students
- References
The current headteacher is Marc Belli, who joined in September 2014. Over the last three years, examination performance at all levels has been very high. In August 2016, students and staff at the school recorded record-breaking GCSE and A level results for the second year in a row. The school recorded its best sixth form performance with 64% of grades at A*-B and 86% at A*-C. All students achieved the level 3 threshold (2 or more A levels at A*-E). The following week, the school celebrated record GCSE outcomes with 99% of students achieving 5 or more A*-C grades, with 89% of students including English and mathematics (the highest Church school performance in Wales). Nearly 40% of all grades were at A*-A. Performances in English, mathematics and all three sciences were very strong at both A*-C and A*-A.
House System
There are four school houses used within the school. These are: St David, St John, St Telio and St Paul. The houses are colour-coded as well. St David is blue, St John is red, St Telio is green and St Paul is yellow. Every student and teacher is placed into one of the house and compete in a range of events/activities to help win the annual house shield. In October 2016, the school commissioned a company to design shields for each of the houses, which students and staff can wear as part of their uniform.
The Marion Centre
The Marion Centre is a specialist resource base at The Bishop of Llandaff for students with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC). The Centre officially opened in September 2009 and currently supports up to 48 students with ASC from the Cardiff area. The school, with funding from Cardiff Local Authority and Welsh Government built a more permanent building at the cost of £4.8 million in 2012. In addition, to increase opportunities for sport, £1.5million has been spent building a new 3G Astroturf, a new rugby pitch and fitness suite.