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Cantonian High School

Cardiff, United Kingdom
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About Cantonian High School

Cantonian High School is an English-medium mixed comprehensive school for students aged 11 to 18, located on Fairwater Road in Fairwater, Cardiff. Originally opened in 1907 as Canton Municipal Secondary School, it has evolved through several name changes and relocations, settling in its current Fairwater site in 1962 and becoming a comprehensive school in 1969. The school serves the west Cardiff area and currently has around 900 students, with numbers growing. It offers a broad curriculum including academic, vocational, and sporting programs, and is recognized for its improving performance in recent Estyn inspections. Cardiff Council has plans to rebuild and expand the school, including enhancing its Sixth Form capacity and providing specialist resources for students with autism spectrum disorder.

Key Facts

Founded 1907
Students 900

Rating Breakdown

Based on published reviews
Safety & Security 1.6
Teaching Quality 2.0
Communication 2.0
Student Wellbeing 1.6
Facilities 1.5

Reviews 7

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Parent
Parent Jun 25, 2025
1.0

"Review"

Pupils were asked to help with running events such as a car wash with no gratitude, awards and recognition are given out to pupils who staff like socially rather than who actually deserve it. A members of staff who don't like you will make that abundantly clear. Honestly a horrible school overall
Safety & Wellbeing 5/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 3/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 4/5
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Parent
Parent Aug 7, 2024
1.0

"teachers vaping"

teachers go on abt vaping even though they do the same ting outside da gates
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Sep 4, 2023
1.0

"They don't do enough about bullying"

This school was awful for multiple reasons

The kids were bullies and the teachers, it seemed as if they did nothing about it. The amount of times i got beat on everyday and the teachers didnt care at all or told everyone to stop and just brushed it off as "just boys being boys", thanks for doing absolutely nothing staff on duty

The toilets constantly had people vaping in them and although the school didnt like it nor condone it, they also barely did anything to stop it, so if you have any type of lung problems, good luck using the outside restrooms

There was of course some amazing teachers but some awful ones, ones who like the power trip, there was also a very sexist teacher, dont know if she's still there. Honestly the only thing i loved about this school was that some teachers where just so kind and funny, but thanks to the staff who didnt care or pay attention for years i was in this school i deal with a lot mental health issues

so anyone from the school reading this, if you care about student wellbeing so much maybe pay attention to kids getting bullied all the time in the yard who just cry in silence, we are meant to feel safe, not feel the dread of how and where im gonna get punched multiple times when i get in school

The education was good for the most part, of course a lot of problems with it but unfortunately i think that's just down to the government and the school system in general

Overall i have mostly bad memories from this school, main reason being the bullying and the staff not doing anything about it
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 3/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 3/5
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Parent
Parent Jun 28, 2023
1.0

"Tramptonian "

Glad Iโ€™m finished from this shitee hole
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Jan 19, 2022
1.0

"Shit hole"

Absolutely the worst school ever
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent May 19, 2021
4.0

"Alright"

Pretty good school to be honest. Do have some bad days
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 4/5
Communication 4/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 2/5
Facilities 2/5
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Parent
Parent Sep 2, 2020
1.0

"Terrible "

Terrible absolute pain in the arse
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5

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