Willows High School
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Willows High School is a secondary school
located in the Tremorfa area of Cardiff, Wales. It's an English
medium community school which caters for children aged 11 to 16. As of September 2011, the New Headmaster is Joy Ballard.
There were 863 pupils at the school during the 2006 Estyn
inspection, with 25% coming from ethnic minority backgrounds. 18% of the pupils came from homes where neither English nor Welsh was the first language spoken.
The school site is extensive and dates from the late 1960s, many of the buildings have since been modernised.
The school was built on the site of the World War II airfield RAF Pengam Moors
.
The school motto is "Willows High school: Belong, Believe, Achieve".
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in the Tremorfa area of Cardiff, Wales. It's an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
medium community school which caters for children aged 11 to 16. As of September 2011, the New Headmaster is Joy Ballard.
There were 863 pupils at the school during the 2006 Estyn
Estyn
Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales. Its name comes from the Welsh language verb meaning "to extend". Its mission is to achieve excellence for all in learning in Wales by providing an independent, high quality inspection and advice service to the Welsh Assembly Government and...
inspection, with 25% coming from ethnic minority backgrounds. 18% of the pupils came from homes where neither English nor Welsh was the first language spoken.
The school site is extensive and dates from the late 1960s, many of the buildings have since been modernised.
The school was built on the site of the World War II airfield RAF Pengam Moors
RAF Pengam Moors
RAF Pengam Moors was a Royal Air Force station and maintenance unit , located on the Pengam Moors area of Tremorfa, 2 miles south east of Cardiff city centre in Wales from June 1938 to January 1946....
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The school motto is "Willows High school: Belong, Believe, Achieve".