Pupils
The school serves a mixed demographic, which includes Culverhouse Cross, Ely, Caerau, Grangetown, Butetown, Riverside, Canton, Pontcanna, Fairwater, Pentrebane, Llandaff, Radyr, Creigiau, Pentyrch, and Gwaelod-y-Garth.
Students have become regular winners at the National Urdd 'Eisteddfod' in a range of dramatic and musical competitions. The school is also an EU Comenius school and has active overseas partners in France, Brittany, the Netherlands, Lesotho & Japan. The school also offers the Welsh Bacculaureate qualification in addition to GCSE, BTEC and A Level courses.
79% of the pupils come from homes where Welsh is not spoken. 9% of the pupils belong to the wide range of ethnic minorities which make up the population of Cardiff.
Over the five-year period from 2001-2006, an average of about 70% of the population gained 5 or more higher level GCSEs. According to the latest inspection report by Estyn the school has a GCSE pass rate of 79% (based on 5 GCSEs, grades A-C). This puts the school in joint 7th place in Wales with Bishopston Comprehensive School in Swansea. It is also the third best performing secondary school in Cardiff behind Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School and Cardiff High School. The A Level points score reached a high point of 24 points in 2006.
Upon the opening of Ysgol Bro Morgannwg in Barry, Ysgol Plasmawr'r catchment area of primary schools changed, pupils from Penarth, and Cowbridge are now diverted to Ysgol Bro Morgannwg. In addition, a reworking of the catchment areas between Plasmawr and Glantaf resulted in a higher intake of pupils from socially diverse backgrounds.
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