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Cardiff West Community High School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Penally Road, Caerau, Cardiff CF5 5XP · cardiffwestchs.cardiff.sch.uk · 029 2067 1444
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected November 2018
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,061
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 56.8%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 19.7%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 9.3%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 30.9%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 330.9 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 330.9 | 354.3 | 343.6 | ||
| 30.9 | 38.6 | 35.4 | ||
| 27.3 | 36.0 | 32.9 | ||
| 24.6 | 35.8 | 30.8 | ||
| 24.4 | 29.0 | 21.6 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in November 2018. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards adequate and needs improvement; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning adequate and needs improvement; Teaching and learning experiences adequate and needs improvement; Care, support and guidance adequate and needs improvement; Leadership and management adequate and needs improvement.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Adequate |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Adequate |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Adequate |
| Care, support and guidance | Adequate |
| Leadership and management | Adequate |
Recommendations · November 2018
- Raise standards
- Improve behaviour and attendance
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment
- Improve the provision for the progressive development of pupils' skills across the curriculum
- Strengthen the effectiveness of leadership at all levels
All reports
- Mar 2022Outcome of Estyn review
- Nov 2018Inspection reportLast full