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Llanwern High School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Hartridge Farm Road, Newport NP18 2YE · llanwernhighschool.co.uk · 01633 411116
On the mapSearch near NP18 2YE
Overview
- Estyn
- Significant Improvement
- Follow-up category · last inspected July 2026
- Pupils
- 1,101
- Local authority
- Newport
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 37.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 11.9%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 8.7%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 28.2%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 320.1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 320.1 | 354.3 | 343.6 | ||
| 31.4 | 38.6 | 35.4 | ||
| 30.2 | 36.0 | 32.9 | ||
| 29.2 | 35.8 | 30.8 | ||
| 28.1 | 29.0 | 21.6 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: significant improvement. Its last full inspection was in July 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Significant ImprovementEstyn page
Recommendations · July 2026
- Address the safeguarding issues identified during the inspection
- Improve attendance
- Improve teaching so that all pupils are challenged to make good progress
- Strengthen the leadership of, and provision for, the progressive development of pupils' reading, oracy and writing skills across the curriculum
- Strengthen the leadership of, and provision for, the progressive development of pupils' numeracy skills in relevant subjects
- Strengthen processes for self-evaluation, improvement planning and accountability
All reports
- Jul 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Jul 2026Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2019Monitoring visit
Jan 2017Inspection report6 recommendations
- Raise standards and improve pupils' literacy and numeracy skills
- Improve behaviour and attendance
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment
- Strengthen provision for more able pupils and for the progressive development of all pupils' literacy and numeracy skills
- Increase accountability at all levels and strengthen performance management procedures
- Improve the accuracy of self-evaluation and planning for improvement
- Feb 2012Monitoring visit