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Cardiff Sixth Form College

1-3 Trinity Court, 21-27 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0AA

Cardiff Sixth Form College

Type

Independent

Religious Character

Non-Denominational

Total Number of Students

405

Percentage of Boarders Stay Over the Weekends

100%

Gender

Co-Educational

Age Range (Day + Boarders)

14-19

Total Number of Boarders

390

Percentage of International Students

86%

Academic, Inspirational, Passionate

Cardiff Sixth Form College has been the top academic school in the UK over the past 13 years. In 2024 90% of students gained all A*-A grades and 97% A*-B. 14 offers to Oxbridge for 2024 entry. Key subject choices include medicine, engineering, law, natural sciences, computer science, architecture, business and economics. The school has two campuses in Cardiff and Cambridge with students joining for two or one year GCSE courses (aged 14 or 15 years) or A levels (aged 16-17 years). Students reside in top quality boarding houses, and enjoy single, ensuite bedrooms with shared medical centres, practices rooms and common rooms. A full super-curricular programme of careers, work placement – both internationally and in the UK, skills development, online courses, critical thinking and research projects supplements the excellent academic programme. There is a year-long, one to one university preparation programme in place to help students navigate the UCAS system. There is also a full range of extra-curricular sport, music, drama, Duke of Edinburgh, debating, MUN, Young Enterprise Scheme, NASA Space Settlement Design competition as well as many other clubs and activities on offer.

Message from School

Really looking forward to meeting HK families at the Academic Asia event.  We have had many fantastic students from Battie and her team over the years who have gone onto be extremely successful at university gaining access to the top universities in the world.  With our tremendous super curricular and careers programme, high quality teaching, work experience and university preparation we are confident students from HK who work hard will go onto a great future.

Academic Results

GCSE (2024)
9-781.1%
A-Level (2024)
A*58%
A*-A91%
A*-B97%

Students go on to

Oxbridge

4%

Oxbridge & Russell Group University

100%

Programmes & Tuition Fees

Programmes Offered

1 Year GCSE/2 Year GCSE/A-Level

Tuition Fees

Boarding Fees (2024/25)
Year 10-13£57,100 - £62,700+ VAT

Location

School Address

1-3 Trinity Court 21-27 Newport Road Cardiff CF24 0AA & 89 Regent St Cambridge CB2 1AW

Nearest Airport

Heathrow / Bristol / Cardiff

Drive to London

2.5 Hours (Cardiff) / 50 Minutes (Cambridge)

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