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Llanishen High School

Cardiff, United Kingdom
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1.2 /5

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About Llanishen High School

Llanishen High School is an English-medium secondary school located in Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales. Founded originally as Heol Hir County Secondary School in 1957, it was reorganised and renamed Llanishen High School in 1969. It is the largest single-site secondary school in Cardiff, with approximately 1700 students including a sixth form college for ages 16-18. The school offers a comprehensive curriculum and has a strong inclusive ethos, supporting a wide range of abilities and additional educational needs. Facilities include a hockey pitch, basketball court, indoor tennis courts, athletics and rugby fields, a renovated Learning Resource Centre, and a Sports Hall. The school has a notable reputation in sports, particularly rugby, with multiple Welsh Cup wins. It also emphasizes a supportive and inclusive learning environment fostering personal success and wellbeing.

Key Facts

Founded 1957
Students 1,700
Head/Principal Sarah Parry

Rating Breakdown

Based on published reviews
Safety & Security 1.5
Teaching Quality 1.5
Communication 1.2
Student Wellbeing 1.9
Facilities 1.4

Reviews 16

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Parent
Parent Jun 26, 2025
1.0

"Appalling"

Horrible experience. Teachers don’t care about bullies and are extremely rude. Would not recommend.
Safety & Wellbeing 3/5
Teaching & Learning 2/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 2/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent May 11, 2025
2.0

"you need this advice!~"

Really bad school theyve excluded me for my mental health like what!?
the HIRB is the worst, theyre all level 1 or 2 which isnt good for fully deaf children atall! honestly if you want whats best for your child send them to Elmfield School For Deaf Children, theyve got BSL interpreters at level 6.
the only good teacher at LHS is Miss B, shes so caring and easy to talk to x

ex pupil 15
Safety & Wellbeing 2/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 2/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 2/5
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Parent
Parent Oct 23, 2024
1.0

"BULLYING"

If I could give a minus I would this school has a bullying issue that they have been totally incompetent in dealing with.

They have failed the child in their actions and continue to do so their flippant attitude in the matter brought to their attention shows a total lack of skills and concern, to the threats that were made.

Governor’s and head need to take action, what a pathetic example of a school who does not give any thought either to consequences of their lack of action and what it can lead to.
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 Apr 28, 2024
1.0

"student"

got kicked out off school for having a fight
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 Feb 23, 2024
1.0

"Llanishen high"

The school has disturbing lack on communication amongst themselves and with parents , The teachers lie not just about or to the children but to the parents also.
They are insanely lacking on training for sen children
The behaviour teacher needs isolation himself and to be kept away from parents and sen children
Meetings need to be organised properly and the head mistress needs to show her face more and connect more with the parents. I would NOT recommend this school
Their data practice is rubbish and not used by the teachers as its suppose to . The school is more concerned about uniform than anything else at all including children's safety.
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 2/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Jan 10, 2024
1.0

"Authoritarian, unpleasant and unresponsive to requests."

The school adopts an authoritarian and unpleasant approach to governance. The lunchtime period is inadequate for all students to receive and consume their meals. Being even 20 seconds late results in confinement. This blend of unnecessary authoritarianism and disorderliness creates an unfavourable atmosphere. Treating students without respect and trust only breeds animosity, and many students harbour negative sentiments. Overall, it's an unpleasant school experience, and it would be wise to steer clear of it—despite the positive image they portray to prospective pupils and parents, the reality is far more dismal.
Safety & Wellbeing 2/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 4/5
Facilities 3/5
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Parent
Parent Dec 10, 2023
1.0

"No so bad"

Hate it it’s disgusting place
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 Jul 6, 2023
1.0

"Everything about llanishen "

This school is awful. people tell you to jill yourself constantly and there’s loads of racism. such as people get excluded for pathetic things when nothing gets done when someone’s being racist. the rules are awful and just pathetic girls should be aloud to go to the toilet during lessons not so much for boys, girls have issues with periods etc it’s disgusting. not wearing your tie properly because it’s hot and you still get a demerit, BULLYING bullying goes on in lessons right in front of a teacher and they don’t even realise it.especially with self harm all they do is contact parents. it’s a absolute disgrace for pupils and isn’t a safe or clean environment whatsoever.
DONT SEND YOUR KID HERE IF: they don’t want to get bullied.
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Parent
Parent Jun 14, 2023
1.0

"Bad Review!"

horrible school bad environment my daughter comes back either being bullied or in beef they can't control there class or there mouths they make reports for very tiny reasons bad school in general
Safety & Wellbeing 2/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 4/5
Facilities 2/5
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Parent
Parent Jun 14, 2023
1.0

"Bad Review"

awful school no one behaves teachers can't control there class and there mouth's reports for shit reasons there policy is horrendous the environment of this school is very bad my daughter comes back always being in beef or bullief and its not sorted 🖕🏼
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 2/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 4/5
Facilities 2/5
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Parent
Parent Apr 12, 2023
2.0

"Bad toilets in llanishen high"

All of the toilets in the school are disgusting. They only have 2 places you can go to the toilet and you can only use on of the toilet areas if you are in year 7 to 9 with leaves the older year groups to use the old and disgust toilets.
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Parent
Parent Feb 13, 2023
1.0

"Bullying "

This school is a disgrace, all the bullying and nothing gets done about it. it shocks me that this school is still open close this school down !!!!!
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 Aug 21, 2022
2.0

"falling apart"

the school is basically falling apart, a few roofs have collapsed since i've been there. most teachers dont care about the pupils.
Safety & Wellbeing 2/5
Teaching & Learning 2/5
Communication 2/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Jan 29, 2022
1.0

"rubbish school"

just a bad school in general. can’t stop bullying. pretty sexist, especially with pe, like boys get to play rugby, football etc and girls only play netball, do fitness and occasionally go for a walk. most of the pupils self harm, and all the school does is call the students parents, when they find out. stupid and unnecessary rules, such as: keeping eye contact with the teacher, saying good morning/afternoon to each teacher you see and (back when we had them) standing up for the whole of a 30 minute assembly. and there’s many more things that i just can’t think of right now to write but yh it’s a rlly bad school
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 Nov 21, 2020
1.0

"llanishen"

the teachers are bad,cannot control the class and don’t care much. lots of fights and people smoking. lots of bullying.
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 Oct 27, 2020
2.0

"llanishen high "

the teachers cant control there class.
Safety & Wellbeing 2/5
Teaching & Learning 2/5
Communication 3/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 3/5
Facilities 2/5

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