St John's College

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At the heart of St John’s College is the Cathedral Choral Foundation. As the choir school to Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral, St John’s College provides the boy and girl choristers (ages 8-18) for weekly services, two annual concerts at St David’s Hall, and numerous performance opportunities.
Over the years the Cathedral Choir has appeared in a major Hollywood film, performed with the world-renowned consort The Tallis Scholars, and sung at Nôtre Dame, Paris. In addition, the choir has also given performances in Madrid, El Escorial, the cathedrals of Bruges and Ghent, St David’s Hall, Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, Westminster Abbey, and St Paul’s Cathedral.
St John’s College, Cardiff is used to the celestial choir school to Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral. However, this year it was not just the school’s music that was out of this world. Anyone obtaining a C grade on A-level results day in August will have felt a little lonely, as 98.1% of all outcomes secured A*, A, or B grades, putting Eton, Westminster, St Paul’s et al into the shade. It is a remarkable achievement for the 525-pupil Catholic day school, in Old St Mellons."
This achievement is based on the school’s outstanding academic results and our commitment to an exciting program of co-curricular activities. Emphasis on an ethos that promotes the development of the whole child, in preparation for University and careers after school, has been critical in attaining this accolade.
This prestigious award follows a record-breaking summer of A-Level results when the annual league table published in The Times newspaper put us in 3rd position behind two selective Sixth Form colleges, thus confirming our status as the number one secondary school in the UK overall. St John's College prides itself on its outstanding academic results and exemplary pastoral care and we are immensely proud of all our achievements and progress which has now been recognized in our most recent ESTYN inspection report where we achieved Excellent Standards: "The standards achieved by pupils across the school are extremely high and throughout the school, pupils are confident and articulate learners". We are indebted to all our dedicated staff, hard-working pupils, and supportive parents.

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