看私校排名，卡迪夫一直是排第一，有哪位知道这说学校的具体情况吗？不知成龙大哥了解否？
对这个学校不了解，好像是个没有什么大名气的学校，很多次看到它A level成绩排第一很好奇，你今天说起来搜索了一下，看起来网上评论不是很positive，它取得那么好成绩的主要原因两个，一个是招好学生（招不少其它国家来的好学生英国本国的需要有6个gcse A*），另外一个是hard working。
https://thetab.com/2016/03/18/britains-brainiest-school-business-not-learning-72257
Is ‘Britain’s Brainiest School’ a business or a place of learning
If you missed a Sunday detention you were threatened with a £100 fine
Last month, the BBC aired a documentary on Cardiff Sixth Form College, calling it “Britain’s Brainiest School”. The documentary was, essentially, a national publicity stunt. Their claim is that is was their blend of ‘Eastern and Western approaches to education‘ that has led to their success. I disagree.
Awash with drama, gossip and, of course, scandal, Cardiff Sixth Form College is perhaps just like any other college – only it sits top of the league tables. Yet, their 99 per cent A*- B A level attainment rate is nothing I feel proud of, having moved from the college’s hallowed ground to university this year.
Its real secret? Pressurised throughout the year, students there typically enjoy a 50 hour working week (not counting extra hours dedicated to compulsory extracurricular societies) compared to the more typical 16 hours per week seen at state schools. It is the robotic work schedule, leaving no time for normal adolescent development alongside a tough selection process, that delivers the right results. And if you don’t deliver the right results? Well then you’re sent to the school’s Oxford branch with the added benefit that you do not dilute statistics and risk a lower standing in the league tables.
Just to be considered a place, you need complete subject aptitude tests, an interview and have a high attainment of GCSE or equivalent grades – at least six A*s, nine to be eligible for a scholarship. And this cherry-picking happens on an international basis. Out of a year of approximately 184 students, I was one of only 10 “locals” – qualifying via ownership of a British passport. The majority of the rest were imported from Asia – in this instance the factory is ironically situated in the Western Hemisphere.
Most of these students have already covered the A level syllabuses in their home countries, so high grades should come as no surprise. If you’re selecting only the top students from around the world, and then working them for 50 hours a week, you are going to get top results. The boarding price tag starts at £22,500 per year escalating to £44,125 per year, not including the extra thousands of pounds to be spent in exchange for guardianship (for those under 18), work experience and school uniform. It should come as no wonder that the executive director of the college, Yasmin Sarwar, known by most as Mrs S, won the Welsh Asian Women Achievement award for business – not education – last year. Scores of 65 per cent in class tests warranted demerits. Accumulating demerits led to detentions. Missing a Sunday detention was threatened with a £100 fine. Other finable offences included not cleaning your kitchen and missing homework or tests.
What of the students that don’t make the cut? Should they fail to attain AAB in their AS exams, they are given two options. Either leave and start anew, or be shipped off to the school’s Oxford branch under similar fee conditions. An email from one of the school’s admissions administrators confirms this. It reads: “There is a requirement of a minimum AAB in AS subjects to be able to progress into A2 year. Should the student fail to meet the requirement they will be either offered to repeat the year or transfer to another college.” But why? The answer is simple. Sarwar and co can’t risk these liabilities diluting their “top” statistics. The statistics seem to be the only thing giving the college an edge over more reputed schools like Eton or Harrow.
However, it isn’t just the school’s status at the “top” that comes under scrutiny. The college’s treatment of students, according to its students, is just as interesting. Last March an anonymous group of them conducted an opinion survey. They collected 210 responses, around two thirds of the student body at the time. When asked whether they felt the college was fair to them, 34 per cent agreed – the rest either disagreeing or choosing not to comment. The survey went on to show that 51 per cent of students were satisfied with the college in general, with just 41 per cent feeling that the college “pays attention” to their concerns. Mrs S said: “[These] allegations contain erroneous, misleading and outdated information.” The survey culminated in an additional comments field. The responses include:
“The school should not [threaten to] fine the students if they miss a detention, they should never use money as a threat.”
“l feel that the college is more concerned with our score (ie A* percentage) than our future.”
“Demerit points should not be given for poor academic performance.”
“It is unacceptable to fine a student.”
“This is a company more than a school, its emphasis is on making money for the school but there is no emphasis on the students’ good.”
“The school rarely ever listens to our grievances, and serves out punishment with no clarification.”
“Threatening to use money as a punishment (e.g. for not going to detentions) does not seem right.”
“This college is a business. Not a charity. It only has the status of a ‘charity’ because the college gives scholarships to local students. Clearly, there are profits being made.”
And you’d be a fool to think there was solace after the school day’s end. Kept in private student accommodation manned by 29 wardens, students students enjoy the benefits of CCTV cameras, monitored 24 hours a day, to keep a 10pm curfew and gender divide – girls and boys are not allowed to live together.
The real secrets behind Cardiff Sixth Form College are nothing to applaud and they are perhaps not unique – but this shouldn’t mar their gravity. The students feel powerless against the very power structures they’re paying for. In the words of one of the survey’s respondents: “Change is necessary, but it will never come, knowing the college.”
‘Unknown’ college beats top public schools at A-level: Pupils at obscure South Wales sixth form centre passed 94.7% of exams
An obscure fee-paying college in South Wales has beaten top public schools such as Marlborough and Rugby to become the country’s top private school for A-levels.
Cardiff Sixth Form College has more than 330 students from 32 countries, including high-fliers from the local community who study for free.
This summer 112 pupils took A-levels, 94 of them from countries such as China, Russia and Albania, including several receiving sponsorship from their governments for the £29,700 fees for boarders.
Eighteen were home students on full academic scholarships which cover their £12,000-a-year day pupil fees, with some drawn from schools in the South Wales region.
Today the Independent Schools Council league table of 350 fee-paying schools reveals pupils at the college passed 94.7 per cent of A-levels with grades A* and A.
Almost all the remaining grades were Bs, with just one pupil handed a single C.
Yasmin Sarwar, executive director of the college, attributed the school’s success to dedicated teachers – mainly drawn from the state sector – and a tough selection process for pupils.
Entry requirements for British students are six As at GCSE, although most have between eight and ten As.
Mrs Sarwar added: ‘We have got students from all around the world who are ambitious, and we combine that with the best from Britain.
谢谢成龙大哥的回复，终于在英国找到中式教育的学校了！ 
我堂姐老早貌似是在哪里学的
不过她成绩一般
卡迪夫是考试工厂…
那个学校在卡迪夫的home office面签中心边上。。。看起来就是学霸范儿
照片上房子看起来有点depressing。 
是啊，感觉就像是牢房一样。。。啧啧
会不会这个学校出来的学生，升学受歧视啊？
就像国内考研大学，即使拿到考试成绩第一名，也会被刷的
歧视就看怎么看了，考研和考大学的录取精神是完全不一样的，大学录取是奖励高考成绩好的学生，录取研究生是要找有潜力录取以后可以做得好的人，考研成绩最好的人不一定是最适合做研究的人。
英美大学录取学生也一样，不是要录取成绩最好的学生，而是要录取最适合的学生，到大学以后最有可能学得好的x se，所以A level成绩好没有被名校录取不是被歧视，而是学校认为学生不适合大学。
成龙大哥，好像除了牛津剑桥有笔试和面试外其他大学都按A Level第一年成绩报名给预录取通知，那他们怎么来判定学生是不是最适合的呢？我觉得国际生比起英国本地学生会不会有些劣势，相同条件下大学更愿意招英国学生，或者给国际生一定的录取比例，要不然以国内学生读书这么拼命英国学生怎么比！
那些Day school的学校是不是很少招国际学生啊！我女儿报了二个学校，一个直接拒绝，一个面试后拒绝。
国际学生因为学校不是很清楚过去的教育背景，一般不缺学生的学校是不想take risk的。
可能你申请的都是牛校？
I lived in Cardiff for 10 years… People rarely mention Cardiff Sixth Form College. I didn’t know it until the news comes out, even through I went past fairly often.
Cardiff High is said to be one of the best in south wales (state school). For private schools, St. John’s College is said to be quite good. Lots of people send their kids there even it is out of town.
它对面步行5分钟就是cardiff监狱。。。。
哈哈哈，真的啊。。。搞不好是一起建的。