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Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

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. It includes state schools, independent schools and further education colleges that provide

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education. ''CW'' is an abbreviation for ''

Church in Wales The Church in Wales ( cy, Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses. The Archbishop of Wales does not have a fixed archiepiscopal see, but serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishops. The p ...

'' and ''RC'' for ''

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State English-medium primary schools

Kitchener Rd School, Riverside, Cardiff - geograph

* Adamsdown Primary School *Albany Primary School *All Saints CW Primary School *Allensbank Primary School *Baden Powell Primary School *Birchgrove Primary School *Bishop Childs CW Primary School *Bryn Celyn Primary School *Bryn Deri Primary School *Bryn Hafod Primary School *Christ The King RC Primary School *Coed Glas Primary School *Coryton Primary School *Danescourt Primary School *Fairwater Primary School *Gabalfa Primary School *Gladstone Primary School *Glan-Yr-Afon Primary School *Glyncoed Primary School *Grangetown Primary School *Greenway Primary School *Hawthorn Primary School *Herbert Thompson Primary School *Holy Family RC Primary School *Hywel Dda Primary School *Kitchener Primary School *Lakeside Primary School * Lansdowne Primary School *Llandaff CW Primary School *Llanedeyrn Primary School *Llanishen Fach Primary School *Llysfaen Primary School *Marlborough Primary School *Meadowlane Primary School *Millbank Primary School *Moorland Primary School *Mount Stuart Primary School *Ninian Park Primary School *Oakfield Primary School *Pen-Y-Bryn Primary School *Pencaerau Primary School *Pentrebane Primary School *Pentyrch Primary School *Peter Lea Primary School *Pontprennau Primary School *Radnor Primary School *Radyr Primary School *Rhiwbina Primary School *Rhydypenau Primary School *Roath Park Primary School *Rumney Primary School *Severn Primary School *Springwood Primary School *St Alban's RC Primary School *St Bernadette's RC Primary School *St Cadoc's RC Primary School *St Cuthbert's RC Primary School *St David's CW Primary School *St Fagan's CW Primary School *St Francis RC Primary School *St John Lloyd RC Primary School *St Joseph's RC Primary School *St Mary The Virgin CW Primary School *St Mary's RC Primary School *St Mellons CW Primary School *St Monica's CW Primary School *St Patrick's RC Primary School *St Paul's CW Primary School *St Peter's RC Primary School *St Philip Evans RC Primary School *Stacey Primary School *Thornhill Primary School *Ton-Yr-Ywen Primary School *Tongwynlais Primary School *Tredegarville C.W Primary School *Trelai Primary School *Trowbridge Primary School *Whitchurch Primary School *Willowbrook Primary School *Windsor Clive Primary School

State Welsh-medium primary schools

*Ysgol Bro Eirwg *Ysgol Glan Ceubal *Ysgol Glan Morfa *Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof *Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd *Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau * Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch *Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna *Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Hamadryad *Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pen-y-Groes *Ysgol Mynydd Bychan *Ysgol Pen Y Pil *Ysgol Pencae *Ysgol Y Berllan Deg *Ysgol Y Wern

State dual-stream (English and Welsh) primary schools

*Creigiau Primary School *Ysgol Gynradd Gwaelod Y Garth

State English-medium secondary schools

* Bishop of Llandaff CW High School * Cantonian High School *

Cardiff High School Cardiff High School ( cy, Ysgol Uwchradd Caerdydd) is a comprehensive school in the Cyncoed area of Cardiff, Wales. Stephen Jones has been Headteacher since 2011. It has been rated as Excellent for current performance and Excellent for prospect ...

Cardiff West Community High School Cardiff West Community High School is a secondary school in Ely, Cardiff, Wales, that teaches through the medium of English. Construction Cardiff West Community High School was built on the site of Glyn Derw High School. Although Glyn Derw h ...

* Cathays High School * Corpus Christi RC High School* (does not have a sixth form) * Eastern High School* * Fitzalan High School * Llanishen High School * Mary Immaculate High School* * Radyr Comprehensive School *

St Illtyd's Catholic High School St Illtyd's Catholic High School is a coeducational secondary school in Rumney, a district in the east side of the Welsh capital Cardiff. Its catchment area includes the eastern districts of Cardiff and is heavily oversubscribed. The school's na ...

* * St Teilo's CW High School* *

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Willows High School Willows High School ( cy, Ysgol Uwchradd Willows) is a secondary school located in the Tremorfa area of Cardiff, Wales. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 16 and is English-medium. As of September 2015, the headteacher is Chris Norman. He succee ...

(does not have a Sixth Form)

State Welsh-medium secondary schools

* Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern,

Penylan Penylan is a district and community in the east of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, known for its Edwardian era period houses and spacious tree lined roads and avenues. Situated to both the north and south of the A48 dual carriageway, it ...

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf (''Taff Bank Welsh Language Comprehensive School'') is a Welsh-medium coeducational secondary school in Llandaff North, a district in the north of Cardiff, Wales; it is the largest of its kind in the country. Of the ...

Llandaff North Llandaff North ( cy, Ystum Taf), is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Description It is located in the north of Cardiff and can be considered a two-part ward, each containin ...

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr is a Welsh-medium comprehensive secondary school in Cardiff. It opened in September 1998 as the second school of its kind in Cardiff. Its buildings had formerly belonged to Waterhall Secondary Modern School and mo ...

, Fairwater

Independent schools

*Cardiff Steiner School, Llandaff North *Cardiff Muslim Primary School, Cathays "Faith schools harmonious link up"
''BBC News'', 26 July 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2017. * Howell's School * Kings Monkton School * Llandaff Cathedral School * St John's College *

Cardiff Sixth Form College Cardiff Sixth Form College, abbreviated to CSFC, is an independent mixed education sixth form college in Cardiff, Wales for 15- to 19-year-olds. The college is owned by Dukes Education. History The college was established in 2004 as the C ...

, Newport Road

State special schools

*Ty Gwyn Special School *Riverbank School *Meadowbank School *The Hollies School *The Court School *Woodlands High School *Greenhill School *Red Rose School

Independent special schools

* Ty Coryton School * Craig y Parc School

Further and higher education establishments

Cardiff and Vale College Cardiff and Vale College abbreviated to CAVC ( cy, Coleg Caerdydd a'r Fro), is a mixed-sex education Further Education college in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The college was formed in September 2011 by the merger of Barry Colle ...

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama , image_name = Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.jpg , image_size = , motto = , established = 1949 , type = Public , staff = , vice_chancellor = , students = 779 (2017/18) , undergrad ...

* St David's Catholic College *

Cardiff Metropolitan University , image_name = Shield of Cardiff Metropolitan University.svg , image_size = 150px , motto = cy, Gorau Meddiant Gwybodaeth , mottoeng = The most valuable possession is knowledge , established = 2011 – Car ...

* Cardiff University *

University of South Wales The University of South Wales ( cy, Prifysgol De Cymru) is a public university in Wales, with campuses in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd. It was formed on 11 April 2013 from the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wa ...

Defunct schools and colleges

Howardian High School Howardian High School was a secondary school that was established in Cardiff from 1885 to 1990. Howardian originated in 1885 as the ''Cardiff Higher Grade School'', which was founded by the Cardiff School Board at Howard Gardens, Adamsdown (), ...

– a secondary school originating in 1885, closed in 1990 * Llanrumney High School – closed in 2013 and merged with Rumney High School to create Eastern High School * Llanedeyrn High School – closed in 2014 and its pupils dispersed to Llanishen High School or Cardiff High School * Glyn Derw High School - closed in 2017 to make way for Cardiff West Community High School * Michaelstone Community College - also closed in 2017 to make way for Cardiff West Community High School * Taibah School *

St. Michael's College, Llandaff St Padarn's Institute came into being in 2016. Until then the site belonged to St Michael's College, an Anglican theological college in Llandaff, Wales. St Michael's college was founded in Aberdare in 1892, and was situated in Llandaff from 1907 ...

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