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Llanishen High School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Heol Hir, Llanishen, Cardiff CF14 5YL · llanishenhighschool.co.uk · 029 2068 0800
On the mapSearch near CF14 5YL
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected September 2023
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,715
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 22%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 10.5%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 5.4%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 29%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 391.2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 391.2 | 354.3 | 367.1 | ||
| 42.4 | 38.6 | 39.1 | ||
| 40.3 | 36.0 | 36.8 | ||
| 39.9 | 35.8 | 35.6 | ||
| 0.0 | 29.0 | 27.5 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in September 2023. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · September 2023
- Strengthen self-evaluation and improvement planning so that they focus more precisely on the impact of teaching on learning
- Improve the provision for the progressive development of pupils' skills including Welsh across the curriculum
- Improve the quality and impact of written feedback
- Continue to improve attendance
Next scheduled inspection or visit: 19 October 2026 (Core)
All reports
- Sept 2023Inspection reportLast full
- Sept 2023Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2016Monitoring visit
- Feb 2016Inspection report