City/town: Cardiff 
Type of courses on offer: One-year IGCSE, Two-year GCSE, A Level, Summer Schools – Academic, Oxbridge, Medicine, Law and Engineering

 

Top Academic School in the UK Ranked number one for A Level results over the past 11 years 

Academic 
In 2021, 98% of students received A*-A grades with 100% of students achieving A*-B grades and 38 students gaining places to study medicine. Excellent teaching, one to one support, superb academic materials, nearly double the amount of teaching hours of any other school and developing academic students with programmes designed to enhance their careers makes the difference. Cardiff is also top of the small school league tables, last published in 2019, for GCSEs. 

Careers 
A two-year super programme of UCAS support, assistance with university entrance exams, lectures and work experience programmes, interview technique and one to one tutoring for personal statements ensures that Cardiff students are expertly prepared for the competitive courses they are applying to. 

Super-Curricular Activities 
The College offers international work placement programmes, join medical, architectural or finance societies and enter national academic competitions such as science Olympiads, Model United Nations Essay Competitions and Maths challenges. Students debate internationally and have five times won NASA’s International Space Settlement Design Competition in Florida. 

Extra-Curricular Activities 
A wide range of sports, music, drama, dance and DofE are on offer. 

Cardiff Sixth Form College