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During their College PSHE sessions, students in Years 12 and 13 participated in a workshop facilitated by Show Racism the Red Card.

Our outgoing Year 13 Rotary Interact presidents, Amy and Anam, have passed the baton to Year 12 students Georgina and Holly, who are looking forward t...

On Wednesday 17th April, six Year 12 students competed in the Regional Showcase Finals for the 2025 Young Enterprise competition.

Year 12 students participated in the Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW) Presentation Day on Friday 22nd March, at Swansea Arena.

We are delighted to announce that Jessica C and Freya McI will be our new Head Students.

Sisters Amelie and Ellie had an exhilarating three days at this year's Public Schools Fencing Competition, which boasted an impressive turnout of over...

Our College Religious Studies students recently enjoyed a trip to Palpung Changchub Dargye Ling, which included a meditation session.

We are thrilled to announce that Sonoma S won the Youth Award at the BPW Public Speaking competition. A big congratulations goes to Connie and Chloe, ...

This week, anticipation has buzzed through the corridors of Howell’s as students from Years 1-13 prepared for the Gym & Dance showcase.

We hope all our mothers, grandmothers, and female carers had a lovely morning in the Hub for our annual Mothers’ Day Breakfast, adding that extra spec...

To celebrate World Book Day, author, performer, and former Children's Laureate of Wales, Connor Allen, paid a visit.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Today we held our annual Eisteddfod to celebrate St David, the patron saint of Wales.

Amelie R had a fantastic weekend as she retained her title as Senior Welsh Champion.

What a treat awaited our academic scholars and college students on Wednesday afternoon when Dr. Knowles, a former teacher and current governor, presen...

Mrs Darnton hosted a group of talented Senior School and College students in the Boardroom this week for a Celebration Tea.

Year 13 Biology students enjoyed a trip to the seaside this week for a field trip.

Our A level geography students had a lovely day on a fieldwork trip to Pembrokeshire!

We're delighted to share that Year 13's Connie, along with her Year 10 team mates Chloe and Sonoma have successfully made it through to the BPW Final ...

Last weekend, Lois B and Liv D competed alongside younger Howell's students in the Destination Dance Competition.

Huge congratulations to Amelie in Year 13 for securing the gold medal at the Warwick Senior Epee Open!

Talented Year 12 Music Scholar, Kelly T, has just been awarded the ATCL (Associate of Trinity College London) Diploma in Violin Performance from Trini...

A big thanks to our College elves for visiting the Prep School every lunchtime in December to read stories to our youngest students.

Prestizzimo Winds performed some festive Christmas music for a City Hospice event at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

We are thrilled to share this incredible speech that Shifa in Year 12 delivered in the House of Commons. Shifa represented Cardiff as a Member of Yout...

Our Year 12 History students participated in the National Archives Live Tudor event this afternoon.

Today, the English Department hosted an inspiring author visit from Owen Sheers.

Students from Years 12 and 13, along with two students from Llanishen High School, had the opportunity to meet the Welsh actor Nia Roberts.

Our Young Enterprise group experienced their first trade fair today.

Howell’s College students were in for a treat on Wednesday, November 22nd, when Dr Baker delivered a lecture on Shakespeare and the multitude of criti...

Amelie represented Wales at the Senior 5 Nations Ladies Epee Team event in Largs this weekend, securing an impressive 3rd place.

Huge congratulations to Ed V in Year 12 for riding his first, second, and third winners between the flags at Great Trethew.

We are proud to share that Head Girl Sophie has recently obtained her brown belt in Jujitsu.

Huge congratulations to Emily in Year 12 and her partner Luca who recently represented Wales at the Open Worlds Championship.

As the prevalence of AI in our daily lives continues to grow, Deputy Principal Mrs. Darnton is speaking to students about the new trend and how to use...

On Monday 9th October, the Young Leadership Team and members of Student Voice attended a Conference at Llandaff Cathedral, titled “Am I Okay?”.

Some of our College students were recently invited to attend a conference on ‘Inspiring Future Female Leaders’ at Benenden School in Kent. Below is a ...

Our College Lecture Programme kicked off this week with the first lecture titled "An Introduction to Archaeology: The Bamburgh Research Project," deli...

This week our Rotary Interact Co-presidents, along with the Secretary and members of staff, attended the first Rotary Interact Breakfast of the academ...

Howell’s will once again open its doors to the general public on Friday 29th September as part of the nationwide Open Doors programme, which celebrate...

It was a pleasure to welcome visitors from the Drapers’ Company, members of the School Governing Board and our guest speaker, Hywelian Mona Bayoumi to...

A level students at Howell’s School, Llandaff GDST have achieved an outstanding set of results, with 34% of all grades awarded being A* and 69% A*/A. ...

This week our College students took part in a clothes swap as part of our commitment to sustainability. Thank you to everyone who brought donations of...

Year 12, accompanied by Dr Lewis and Miss Toy, had a fantastic day at Cardiff University immersed in 'Hands On' Chemistry.

Lydia P and Riaz AH recently attended a climate change education conference at Cardiff University.

On Saturday 1st July Connie and Riaz travelled to South Hampstead High School for the GDST Senior Debate.

On Wednesday night, we enjoyed the last of this year's presentations in our College Lecture Programme for scholars in Years 12 and 13.

Fran C and Izzy H in Year 12 attended a Law Enrichment Day at Cardiff University as a follow up to the National Sixth Form Moot in Wales.

College Business students were treated to a presentation from our Director of Marketing, Mrs Rachel Eling, on Monday 26th June.

We were delighted to see that Hywelian Ella Evans visited Buckingham Palace last week for the presentation of her Gold DofE award.

Huge congratulations to Ellie C in Year 12 and to Honor P in Year 13 for being selected for the 2023 ILCA 6 Youth Summer Team. This is a tremendous ac...

Everyone at Howell’s is wishing Sophie S in Year 12 the best of luck this evening as she awaits the results of the Hart Prize for Human Rights. Sophie...

Francesca C in Year 12 recently competed in the Le Mans CDI Dressage Nations Cup as part of the GB Junior Team and we’re delighted to share that they ...

Huge congratulations to Amelie R who has just won silver at the U18 British Fencing Youth Championships. Excellent work Amelie!

Huge congratulations to Lauren W who has recently completed her Drama Laureate. Lauren has been involved in a number of extracurricular Drama activiti...

Congratulations to Amelia S in Year 12 for completing her Academic Laureate!

Team Howell's, accompanied by Mr Rees and Mrs Wilks, travelled to London this week to take part in the inaugural Scrabble Tournament at the GDST Head ...

Congratulations to April D in Year 13 who recently performed ‘Anything Goes’ with her Stagecoach Performance Troupe at the New Theatre.

Congratulations to our Year 12 Engineering Team who presented their EESW project to judges in Swansea yesterday.

Huge congratulations to Francesca C in Year 12 who recently rode for the British Dressage Great Britain Youth Squad at Addington Manor. She achieved a...

We had a tremendous evening at Howell’s last night celebrating the sporting achievements of our students in Years 11-13.

Huge congratulations Olivia D in Year 12 who recently received a Distinction for her Grade 8 ballet exam.

Huge congratulations to Becky D for completing her Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award! We spoke to Becky about her experiences, her inspiration and her ho...

Amy, Catrin and Connie in Year 12 travelled to snowy Belfast for the Business & Professional Women National Public Speaking Competition final.

A team of students from Years 11 and 12 are taking part in the regional round of the European Youth Parliament today. Riaz, Connie and Catrin from Yea...

Our Rotary Team were very sad to see their final event arrive, but they wanted to finish with another memorable sports competition for the College.

On Thursday 9th March, as part of our College Lecture Programme, Dr Felix Priestley from the Astronomy Department of Cardiff University came to talk t...

On Wednesday 1st March, academic scholars and college students attended a fabulous lecture led by Dr Haiyao Deng. It focused on glasses - how they for...

Last Friday an audience of families, friends, governors, staff and alumni joined us in the Great Hall for a lovely Tea Concert given by students in th...

What a treat was in store for our students in this week's College Lecture Programme. An audience of College students were taken on a journey that bega...

Mrs Wilks, our brilliant Careers Advisor, will be hosting a ‘Careers in Medicine’ talk on Wednesday 15th March from 7.00pm – 8.00pm. Students from all...

Mrs Chyba thoroughly enjoyed welcoming a group of College students to the Board Room on Monday 13th February for a Celebration Tea. Please see below t...

During a recent College meeting, Year 13 were given a concise, focused and informative talk on the realities of Student Finance Wales by our guest spe...

College students in Years 12 and 13 enjoyed a visit to Cardiff Buddhist Centre this week to develop their understanding of the Buddhist religion.

Following the success of our School Culture Week in 2022, we are delighted to announce that another event will take place this year between the 13th a...

In Wednesday morning's College meeting, students were introduced to a wealth of information about Exeter University.

Today's PSHE session for College students gave them basic self-defence strategies.

We are delighted to share that our students achieved great success at the BPW Public Area Speaking Competition.

On Wednesday 1st February, academic scholars and college students were invited to the first of the lectures in our Spring Term Programme. 

Our Student Voice Committee have recently published their latest newsletter. This edition of the newsletter focuses on religious and cultural festival...

Congratulations to Francesca C who has been reselected for a second year onto the British Dressage National Youth Academy.

Huge congratulations to Amelie R who won a gold medal at the Grand Final of the Elite Epee Series in Peterborough. She also won a bronze medal at the ...

Music Scholar Izzy H performed at the Gwent Music Showcase at the International Conference Centre, Newport last week.

On the evening of Monday 28th November, Mrs Jowett accompanied Issy B and Sarah O (Year 13) to the Cardiff Business Club Lecture and Dinner at the Hil...

Huge congratulations to Niamh S for completing her Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award!

Huge congratulations to Jasmine W in Year 13 who has had tremendous success recently in the world of ballroom dancing.

On the morning of Thursday 24th November, Mrs Davis was delighted to welcome a croup of College students for a Celebration Tea in the Board Room. Al...

We were delighted to welcome Professor Strong to The View last week. He was presenting the first live lecture of our 2022-23 College Programme.

Huge congratulations to April D for passing her Drama Laureate!

We are delighted to share that three of our students have been selected by the Royal Yachting Association to be a part of their squads in upcoming com...

Many congratulations to Year 13’s Ruhaima C who has completed her Academic Laureate.

On Friday 21st October our Year 12 EESW students visited Canton Train Depot to get a feel for the scale of the depot and maintenance procedures.

Huge congratulations to Millie L on completing the Academic Laureate.

Huge congratulations to Amelie R who has been selected to be a member of the GBR Junior (U20) Epee squad for the upcoming Junior World Cups at Lauphei...

Many congratulations to Izzy H for completing the Musical Laureate!

As part of their PSHE sessions this term, Year 11 and our College students have been learning about Alcohol Awareness and how much is in a unit of alc...

The Year 12 EESW (Engineering) students met their link engineer Tom at the University of Wales this week.

Many congratulations to Year 13’s Katy S who has completed both her Academic and Dramatic Laureates.

Congratulations to Jasmine W in Year 13 who is making tremendous progress in the world of ballroom dancing.

Amelie R had an exciting opportunity last weekend when she travelled to Sardinia to compete for the Senior Malvern Epee team.

This year we were delighted to have Howell's alumna Hanan Issa join us for our College Prizegiving ceremony. Hanan is a Welsh-Iraqi poet, filmmaker, s...

To celebrate National Poetry Day we spoke with Howell's alumna Hanan Issa. Hanan is a Welsh-Iraqi poet, filmmaker, scriptwriter and artist. She is als...

Mrs Davis thoroughly enjoys chatting with students and finding out about their tremendous achievements.

We are delighted to share that the College mixer event on Thursday 22nd September was a huge success and our students raised £890.42! The profits will...

A few weeks ago, 8 Year 12 students travelled to Liverpool for the European Youth Parliament National Session. During the four-day event, they took pa...

All our College students have had an exciting start to the new academic year with lots of opportunities to get to know one another.

The Howell’s European Youth Parliament attended the Autumn Nationals in Liverpool this weekend after being selected as one of the winning teams at the...

Fiona, Kitty and Lydia, who all achieved A* grades in their Government and Politics A level, will be embarking on their studies in politically fascina...

Huge congratulations to Amelie and Eloise for competing in the Commonwealth Fencing Championships in London. 

Snap! Twin brothers at Howell’s Co-Ed College received a matching set of A-level results on Thursday morning.

We are delighted to share that 33% of all results were A*, 59% of all results were A* - A grades, and 80% of all grades were A* - B.

This week Year 12 have been involved in our annual 'Step Up to Summer' programme, where they have engaged in a number of activities to support them as...

Our school Rotary team held a water fight to raise money for an amazing charity called Chiedza that supports children in Zimbabwe living with HIV. We’...

On Wednesday 29th June, College Economics students held their own G7 summit, debating key issues surrounding Economics and Politics for a country of t...

Congratulations to the Year 12 students who have seen great success in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad.

Members of Senior Choir performed at a City Hospice volunteers' conference on Wednesday at the Village Hotel.

On Tuesday 21st June, Fiona W, one of our Year 13 Government and Politics students, had the fantastic opportunity to meet First Minister Mark Drakefor...

Pob lwc to Izzy H in Year 12 who will be competing in the Urdd Eisteddfod in Denbigh next week.

The Rotary Interact Presidents for 2021-2022, Rhianne H & Auvni P, have written this year's report summarising all the brilliant work the committee ha...

Huge congratulations to Kitty N in Year 13 who, after practising Combat Jujitsu for 10 years, has recently achieved her 1st Dan Black Belt!

Huge congratulations to Honor P in Year 12 who came 1st in the Women’s UK and Welsh Laser Sailor at the RYA Youth National Championships and was recen...

Congratulations to Sam M, Honor F, Imogen F, Eloise R-J, Harriett C and Mollie D who recently competed in the Welsh National Easter Swimming Champions...

Congratulations to Izzy Year 12 who has been awarded the inaugural Ann Griffiths Scholarship for upcoming and promising harpists. 

From Monday 9th May until the final public examination, the Senior School and College Library will become a silent study zone for students to revise i...

Despite hailstorms, lashing rain and high winds, on Wednesday 6th April, Year 13—accompanied by staff, former students and parents—took part in Martha...

Last week during College PSHE sessions, Year 12 learnt about Gambling and Testicular Cancer delivered by Mr Smith and Mr Allen.

As part of their A-Level religious studies, Years 12 and 13 visited a Tibetan Buddhist centre in Ebbw Vale. They enjoyed a talk from members of the Bu...

We are proud to share that Sam M and Eloise R-J in Year 12 will be competing in the British Swimming Championships next week. Sam will compete in the ...

During the last week of term, Howell's will be running a culture week to celebrate all different parts of the world.

Congratulations to Millie L in Year 12 who has been shortlisted for this year’s HART Prize for Human Rights competition.

Congratulations to Izzy H in Year 12 on gaining 3rd place in the Year 10-13 Harp Solo and 1st place in the Piano Solos in the recent county Urdd Eiste...

On Saturday 12th March, Year 13's Issy L-J and Fiona W travelled to Oxford to take part in the prestigious Oxford Schools Debating finals after being ...

Last Friday our Year 12 international students attended an open day at Cardiff University. This was an excellent opportunity for them to see a UK univ...

At break time on Thursday 17th March, Mr Walters welcomed a group of College students to the Board Room for a Celebration Tea.

Dr Ford led assembly on Friday 18th March which celebrated the achievements of College students who have had success in STEM and they inspired younger...

Our Head Students Ellora and Tabi attended the annual Education Dinner at Draper's Hall London, accompanied by Mrs Darnton and our Chair of Governors ...

Huge congratulations to Howell's Music Scholar Izzy in Year 12 who competed in the Urdd Eisteddfod this week.

Following International Women’s Day on Tuesday 8th March, in the College meeting on Monday 14th March, the Amnesty Group gave an interesting presentat...

In the College Meeting on Monday 14th March Year 13 students Georgina C, Katie G and Georgia K gave a presentation on Young Carers Action Day which t...

Following the postponement of the College Tea Concert due to storm Eunice, students finally took to the stage in the Great Hall on the afternoon of Fr...

We're very proud to share that Year 13's Libby R who has been invited by volleyball England to be part of a training squad in Portugal.

Our college students present, Howell's Tea Concert.

We were delighted to hear from the British Youth Sailing Team this week that Honor P, Year 12, has been selected for the Youth Performance Squad – ILC...

Year 12 sailor Honor P has been selected for the RYA Youth Performance Squad, which provides expert coaching to develop young racers. Honor started sa...

On Wednesday morning, the Rotary Presidents, Auvni and Rhianne, along with two Year 12 committee members, Millie and Aleezah, had the pleasure of atte...

At break on Thursday 2nd December, Mrs Davis was delighted to host a Celebration Tea for College students.

April D, Year 12, took to the stage on Sunday when she performed with her Stagecoach performing arts group at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London.

This week, the College Creative Writing Club enjoyed  a writing workshop.

We are delighted to share with you the latest newsletter, on the NHS, written by College students Tabi H, Claudia C and Auvni P.

On the evening of Monday 18th October, A-level Business students Georgia K and Lucy T (both in Year 13), accompanied by Miss Roberts, were delighted t...

On Wednesday 6th October, the Rotary Co-Captains Rhianne and Auvni, and their secretary Havana, attended a Rotary breakfast event at Whitchurch Golf C...

On Monday 11th October, Mrs Davis was delighted to host a Celebration Tea for students in Year 13.

The new College Creative Writing group met for the first time last Wednesday.

On Sunday, our international students in the College visited the Gower for the first time.

On the afternoon of Thursday 9th September we were delighted to welcome alumna Eira Culverwell back to Howell’s. 

We have been delighted to welcome our new Year 12 this week. Students have been off timetable every afternoon for a series of ice-breaking activities....

At Howell’s Co-Ed College, over 30% of students have achieved an impressive A* at A-level, with 55% of grades at A*-A. Students are looking fo...

We were delighted to hear that Year 12's Eleni H has been accepted on to New York Times Summer School education programme

Congratulations to Olympic gold medallist and Hywelian Hannah Mills