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Newtown High School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Dolfor Road, Newtown, Powys SY16 1JE · newtown-hs.powys.sch.uk · 01686 626304
On the mapSearch near SY16 1JE
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected October 2023
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 896
- Local authority
- Powys
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 17.3%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 10.3%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 2.2%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 13.9%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 379.7 (Wales: 354.3).
Welsh Government’s interim Key Stage 4 measures for Year 11 (points scores), from My Local School, and never set beside England’s.
Capped 9
| 2024/25 · points | Trend | School | Wales | Similar schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379.7 | 354.3 | 365.5 | ||
| 39.2 | 38.6 | 40.6 | ||
| 38.6 | 36.0 | 37.8 | ||
| 37.7 | 35.8 | 37.9 | ||
| 42.5 | 29.0 | 26.3 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in October 2023. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · October 2023
- Refine leadership responsibilities so that the school's improvement work has a consistent impact across the two campuses, in particular provision for the… Full report
- Improve communication between staff, and with pupils and parents, to develop cohesion, effective collaboration and a consistent sense of community across the… Full report
- Continue to refine evaluation and improvement processes so that they take full account of the impact of leadership on the outcomes of all pupils
All reports
- Dec 2025Outcome of Estyn review
- Oct 2023Inspection reportLast full
- Oct 2023Summary for parents and carers
- Oct 2021Monitoring visit
- Feb 2018Monitoring visit
- May 2015Inspection report