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Willows High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Willows Avenue, Splott, Cardiff CF24 2YE · willowshigh.co.uk · 029 2041 4243
On the mapSearch near CF24 2YE
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected January 2025
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 809
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 50.3%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.8%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 10%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 56.6%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 339.3 (Wales: 354.3).
Welsh Government’s interim Key Stage 4 measures for Year 11 (points scores), from My Local School, and never set beside England’s.
Capped 9
| 2024/25 · points | Trend | School | Wales | Similar schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 339.3 | 354.3 | 343.6 | ||
| 33.3 | 38.6 | 35.4 | ||
| 37.1 | 36.0 | 32.9 | ||
| 28.9 | 35.8 | 30.8 | ||
| 30.3 | 29.0 | 21.6 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in January 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · January 2025
- Ensure that teaching consistently challenges pupils to make strong progress and develop their skills well.
- Ensure that self-evaluation processes are precise and focus on impact and that all leaders use these processes effectively to plan for and secure improvement.
- Increase the number of pupils who complete a Welsh language GCSE qualification and improve pupils' Welsh language speaking skills
All reports
- Feb 2026Interim visit letter
- Jan 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Jan 2025Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2019Outcome of Estyn review
Apr 2018Inspection report4 recommendations
- Improve the progressive development of pupils' literacy skills through more effective cross curricular provision
- Improve the quality of teaching to ensure improvement in pupils' resilience, independent learning and engagement
- Improve the quality and impact of leadership at all levels, particularly in self- evaluation and planning for improvement
- Manage finances robustly to address the deficit budget
- Jan 2014Monitoring visit
- Dec 2012Inspection report