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| Westbourne School | |
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4 Hickman Road , , CF64 2AJ Wales | |
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| Type | Independent Boarding and Day School, Private Prep School and Nursery, International Baccalaureate Sixth Form |
| Established | 1896 |
| Founder | Caroline Ferris |
| Local authority | Vale of Glamorgan |
| Principal | Gerard Griffiths |
| Staff | 50 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 2 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 250 |
| Houses | 3 |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and Red |
| Alumni | Old Westbournians |
| Website | www |
Westbourne School is a coeducational independent day and boarding school, nursery and prep school for pupils between the ages of 2 and 18 located in the commuter town of Penarth, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales 5.2 miles (8.4 kilometres) south west from the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.
Traditionally the school was strictly boys only. However, in the mid-1980s, the decision was taken to also accept girls and become a coeducational school. Westbourne School opened its 6th form for the Autumn term of 2008. The school introduced the speciality of the Diploma Programme of the International Baccalaureate Organisation in 2008.
The school is housed within two buildings, approximately half a mile apart. The first houses the Nursery and Prep, the other the senior school and sixth form. Class sizes remain small, varying from a maximum of 20 in the senior school down to as low as 8 in some subjects. The academic results are consistently excellent and Westbourne School is nationally recognised as a high achieving school, named No.1 in Wales and IB School of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times Schools Guide. Westbourne School achieved the highest grading of excellent across all categories in its 2018 Estyn Inspection. The school is now owned by the Montague Place Group of Independent Schools.[1]