Westbourne has a first-class academic record at every level of entry – and prides itself on ensuring every student is challenged to achieve demanding targets and goals.
Students gain a distinctly global education in the safe, beautiful and affluent seaside community of Penarth, near Cardiff, which the Sunday Times ranks as one of the ‘Top 10 best places to live in the UK’.
At post-16, we have successfully offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme for Sixth Form students since 2008. Over two years, IB students are developed into well-rounded scholars who go on to the best universities in the UK and around the world.
However, some students take advantage of our Pre-IB course and are with us for longer than two years, which invariable aids their success in the Diploma.
The school has also been officially recognised as outstanding in the support provided for our students who enter the school with English as their second language. However, 72% of students are British, with the remainder coming from around 15 different countries with no one nationality dominating.
Westbourne is a smaller independent school with approximately 250 students and an outstanding student-to-teacher ratio across the school of only 8:1, ensuring that all students get personalised attention from our exceptional teachers - 50% of whom have a PhD, MSc or MA and 50% of whom have taught internationally.
Our website will give you more of a flavour of our unique school and how we can equip your children with the skills, knowledge, capabilities and confidence to succeed. However we would be delighted to invite you to the school to discover more for yourself.
Dr GW Griffiths BSc, PhD, ARCS, PGCE
Headmaster
