St. David's Catholic College
Ty-Gwyn Rd, Cardiff CF23 5QD, United Kingdom
3.5
24 reviews
8 comments
GR2M+9Q Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Monday: 9–21
Tuesday: 9–21
Wedneasday: 9–21
Thursday: 9–21
Friday: 9–21
Saturday: 9–12
Sunday: Close
Tuesday: 9–21
Wedneasday: 9–21
Thursday: 9–21
Friday: 9–21
Saturday: 9–12
Sunday: Close
Staff are great, although generally independence is relied on and therefore there can be a lack of support sometimes.
Particularly like the LRC (Learning Resource Centre) and the librarians are such nice people. However it seems I'm not the only one who likes the LRC because it can get extremely busy.
Subjects taken: Media Studies, Mathematics, Computer Science, Welsh Baccalaurate.
After about a month of struggling through the late deadlines and sloppy essays I stopped going to ICT and media all together as they were the main cause of stress and I just wanted to focus on film and English because I was falling behind so far on those and they were the only two subjects I'd actually chosen to take, the rest were just forced upon me. I continued with film, english, polish, re, and welsh bacc for several months after that and I like to think I was on the right track, I'd finally found a place to live a d I was back on my feet, I started to make friends in college and I was actually staring to enjoy it. I decided to tell my form tutor of my good fortune, and she booked me an appointment to see someone who could help me (this included free food from the college and counseling, things I needed about four months prior) and they informed me that they wouldn't help me as my attendance was under 90% (I'd stopped going to two lessons and would often miss entire days as I didn't see the point in WALKING from the bay to pen-y-lan everyday for 2 hour lessons) and they basically told me that I couldn't keep attending the college and I'd have to leave.
I often went back to visit friends and many of my old tutors were happy to see me and glad that I'd gotten out of being homeless (the polish teacher and tatham were especially lovely)
Overall I wouldn't recommend St Davids to my worst enemy, they were so unsupportive, especially considering this is a Catholic college and I thought catholics were supposed to be understanding? There were a handful of great teachers and great friends I'll give them that, however the majority of my experience there was bad. I have since been to ACT and Cardiff and the Vale, so if you're considering going to St Davids in September and took the time to read this I'd recommend researching all the available options, and researching the courses that you'd like to take, and make sure you get at least 30 GCSES - or you'll be forced to take subjects you hate 😊😊😊😊😊
Please remember that this was my personal experience and I hated it, many people experience life in different ways and this is a part of my life that was rather depressive. I also feel that its worth while to mention that 9 of the friends I made in st Davids dropped out and now have jobs or at different colleges. One girl I met dropped out, went back to do first year again and dropped out again. Most people would chalk this up to "failure" but if many people had the same experience as I, then I understand why so many people leave.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, it means a lot❤