Coordinates: 51°29′02″N 3°08′13″W / 51.484°N 3.137°W / 51.484; -3.137 Willows High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Willows) is a secondary school located in the Tremorfa area of Cardiff, Wales. It's an English medium community school which caters for children aged 11 to 16. As of September 2011, the New Headmaster is Joy Ballard.
There were 863 pupils at the school during the 2006 Estyn inspection, with 25% coming from ethnic minority backgrounds. 18% of the pupils came from homes where neither English nor Welsh was the first language spoken.
The school site is extensive and dates from the late 1960s, many of the buildings have since been modernised. The school was built on the site of the World War II airfield RAF Pengam Moors.
The school motto is "Willows High school: Belong, Believe, Achieve".
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