Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Other independent school (Cambridgeshire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Scroll About Us Cardiff Sixth Form College has been the top school in the UK for A Level results for over a decade and is one of the top A Level schools in the world. The College's results are outstanding with well over 90% of students gaining the highest A* and A grades, consistently.
Excellent teaching, one-to-one support, superb academic materials and a bespoke super-curricular programme of activities, makes the difference to the students' academic achievement.
Combining this with tailored careers guidance, work placement and volunteering, developing skills in communication, entrepreneurship, critical thinking, research and leadership and an award-winning pastoral care system enables Cardiff students to progress on to leading universities with confidence.
Top university destinations for Cardiff students include Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, London School of Economics and University College London as well as top universities in the US, Hong Kong, Australia, Europe and other international destinations where students study academic subjects such as medicine, law, engineering, computer science and economics.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
16 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Badminton
- Basketball
- Book Club
- Chess
- Choir
- Cooking
- Creative Writing
- Debating
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Football
- Netball
- Orchestra
- Photography
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 149027
- Type
- Other independent school
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2022
Governing body
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