Cardiff West Community High School

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Cardiff West Community High School is an English-medium 11 to 18 school, maintained by Cardiff local authority. The school opened as Cardiff West Community High School in 2017 following the closure of Glyn Derw and Michaelston comprehensive schools. There are currently 613 pupils on roll with 96 in the sixth form.

The school serves the Ely area of Cardiff. Over 45% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is much higher than the national average of 16.4% for secondary schools.

Over four-fifths of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas of Wales. The predominant language of the pupils is English and approximately 13% of the school's pupils come from minority ethnic backgrounds. Around 15% of pupils receive sup...port for English as an additional language.

No pupils speak Welsh fluently. Around 37% of pupils have special educational needs compared to 22.9% nationally and 2.

7% of pupils have statements of special educational needs, which is above the national average of 2.2%. The headteacher was appointed in 2017.

The senior leadership team consists of the headteacher, one deputy headteacher, three assistant headteachers and a business manager. They have been in post since 2017. The school will move into a new building on a different site in Spring 2019.