Driven by Purpose
Rooted in the values of love, service, and respect, we are a community-driven college dedicated to helping every individual discover and realise their full potential.
We foster an environment where students, staff, and families unite in support and encouragement. Our commitment to excellence is academic, personal and spiritual, ensuring everyone who walks through our doors feels valued, empowered, and ready to make a difference.
Following in the words of St David, “Keep the faith“, we aim for everyone in our community to keep faith at the centre, whether that be faith in themselves, faith in their abilities, or faith in the power of what we can achieve together.
As such, our staff feel the same. Everyone who works at St David’s is driven by values that align with the college’s—as set out in its staff-driven Strategic Plan—seeking a supportive community, bringing good to the world, and having faith in young people.
About St David’s College
St David’s Catholic Sixth Form College was established in 1987 by the Archdiocese of Cardiff. It provides sixth-form provision at a single campus located in the Penylan area of the city. The college caters for around 1,650 full-time learners, nearly all between 16 and 19 years of age.
The college offers learners around 50 A-level courses, level 3 vocational courses, and single level 2 and level 1 courses. In 2024, 31.3% of grades were A*-A, up 1.4 percentage points from the national average and 6.7 percentage points from other learners in Further Education.
Over four hundred learners progress to university annually, with over forty per cent to top Russell Group universities. In the latest Estyn Inspection (2019), the college was rated as excellent for standards achieved by learners, as well as for leadership and management.
The college recruits learners from various schools, including seven Catholic secondary schools. A high number of learners from diverse socio-economic, ethnic and religious backgrounds attend the college.
Thirty-eight per cent of learners live in some of the most disadvantaged areas in Wales, as defined by the first quintile of the Welsh index of multiple deprivation.
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Employee Benefits
The college has an easily accessible and recently refurbished canteen – Cafi Sant.
With daily specials, grab and go items, a salad bar and a jacket potato bar, you’ll be able to enjoy lunch at a reasonable price.
Accessible to staff, before and after college hours, the on-site gym is well stocked with treadmills, cross trainers, bikes, and benches and free weights.
Staff get to benefit from an additional payment each month to be used for wellbeing purposes. This may be a gym membership, a subscription, or regular charitable donations – things that add extra mental health benefits.
The college also has 2 staff wellbeing days in the year – days that staff can get together with activities designed to make us communicate better as a community.
There are opportunities to travel, with plenty of student trips abroad, needing staff members to supervise.
Recently staff members have enjoyed trips to New York, Paris, Nepal, and Barcelona, with a trip to Peru next!
The college offers a free breakfast to all students and staff. Start your day with some jam and toast, some yoghurt and fruit, or some porridge with toppings – and start the day the right way.
