# Cardiff West Community High School — Cardiff, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Primary
- **Parent rating:** 1.5/5 from 14 published reviews
- **Principal:** Victoria Evans

## Contact

- **Address:** Penally Road, Caerau
- **Phone:** +44 29 2067 1444
- **Website:** https://www.cardiffwestchs.cardiff.sch.uk
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cardiff/cardiff-west-community-high-school-26113

## About

Cardiff West Community High School is a vibrant, ambitious, and inclusive secondary school located on Penally Road in Caerau, Cardiff. It serves the communities of Ely and Caerau and caters to students aged 11-19. The school emphasizes a strong sense of purpose and values, encouraging students to take ownership of their learning and aspirations under the motto 'Create Your World.' It prioritizes both academic excellence and student well-being, providing a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe, supported, and valued. The curriculum is broad and balanced, designed to inspire and equip students with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed for success in school and beyond. The school fosters close collaboration with families to meet individual student needs and develop resilience.

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — bad school: absolute waste of time sending your child to this place the worst school i’ve ever come across i left this school a few years ago and it was the worst time of my life they dont care about the children just when they play up throw them up to platform and let them get worse. my brothers now in this school and all he has is trouble from the teachers. don’t send your kids here!!!! *(Jun 2025)*
- **4/5** — Decent: Everyone says that cardiff west is terrible but i disagree. Its the kids who ruin the school to be fair. The teachers and school itself is great. By the way food is 10/10 *(Sep 2024)*
- **1/5** — VERY BAD SKL DO NOT SEND UR CHILDEN HER: Very bad school to send your children to they DO NOT let you go to the toilet and I was busting to go to the toilet for an hour and I was very busting to go to the toilet they wouldn’t let me ! And I could have started my period but I never if I did they wouldn’t let me it is RIDICULOUS *(Jun 2024)*
- **1/5** — Walk away and DONT look back!!: I beg you please do not put your kids in this school… cause apparently it’s ok for teachers to make fun of a child with learning disabilities (my child) or when a child is getting bullied and water gets tipped all over the child head, a teacher sees this does nothing to help apart from laugh.. (my child) or when a child asks to go and get her prescribed medication from the first aider but gets told no.. (my child) Or when your child is suffering with their health at just gets accused of wanting … *(Jun 2024)*
- **1/5** — Just not for me no one likes this school.: one of the SLT member is a bloody pedophile he looks at little girls back and he’s just weird in general. Secondly they locked the toilets and there is always one downstairs which never has tissue, soap or even is clean because there is so many students who need to use it and there isn’t many stalls to use. The bathrooms upstairs and like one downstairs looks like a prison because there is these red railings (i don’t know if it’s called railings but it covers the entry) *(May 2024)*
- **1/5** — DONT GO HERE: Jesus f***ing christ this school was probably the worst experience i have ever had.For example, I legit got a detention after being late to class by 1 minute. I won't say the name of the person who gave it to me but that teacher was absolute Sh**. Also, the entire PE department was also pretty sh**. For example, I had to sit out of the entire PE class for just not wearing astroturf boots, and pretty much did nothing for the entire lesson. *(Jun 2023)*
- **5/5** — I love this school: I was lucky enough to join Cardiff West a couple years ago and I absolutely adore it. The teaching staff are for the most part incredible and evidently have a huge passion for what they do. I am not allowed to name anyone, bit my maths teacher, who's currently pregnant, invoked a huge passion for maths that I never previously had. I am so grateful to her. The head of the science department has done the same with biology and physics for me, he is an incredible, enthusiastic man and I am very glad… *(Apr 2023)*
- **1/5** — Disgusting school needs demolishing ASAP !!: The school is disgusting, they chat a whole load of crap just to get you out of there way , I’m a parent and my son has been bullied since starting , he was hanged up on by 10 boys today and the school is saying they will look into it absolute pile of crap , the head needs firing asap cause he ain’t doing shit either !! Reception team you all needs training on ANSWERING CALLS. Staff needs training for listening to students and helping them when needed I’ve had several students telling me stuff a… *(Oct 2022)*
- **1/5** — Dose nothing school: Has good teachers pick favourites doesn’t try and hide it hate a teacher there your stuck with her every class *(Sep 2022)*
- **1/5** — worse than anything else: its literally so bad here 💀 teachers don’t help students w mental health and wellbeing enough. give us tests after tests after tests its literally overworking us and they’re contradicting their own motto here. DO NOT GO HERE!!!!!! 😁 -j *(Jun 2022)*

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