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Newport High School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Bettws Lane, Newport NP20 7YB · newporthigh.co.uk · 01633 820100
On the mapSearch near NP20 7YB
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected November 2017
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,097
- Local authority
- Newport
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 28.8%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.3%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 9.2%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 23.6%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 331.6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 331.6 | 354.3 | 354.1 | ||
| 33.8 | 38.6 | 37.5 | ||
| 34.3 | 36.0 | 34.2 | ||
| 34.3 | 35.8 | 34.5 | ||
| 20.4 | 29.0 | 27.8 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in November 2017. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning adequate and needs improvement; Teaching and learning experiences adequate and needs improvement; Care, support and guidance adequate and needs improvement; Leadership and management unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Adequate |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Adequate |
| Care, support and guidance | Adequate |
| Leadership and management | Unsatisfactory |
Recommendations · November 2017
- Raise standards, particularly at key stage 4 and in the sixth form
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment
- Improve the co-ordination and planning for progression in developing pupils' literacy and numeracy skills and ensure that curriculum arrangements meet the… Full report
- Strengthen the co-ordination of provision for pupils with additional learning needs
- Strengthen leadership at all levels and improve the rigour and consistency of self-evaluation and improvement planning
All reports
- Mar 2023Monitoring visit
- Nov 2017Inspection reportLast full
- Nov 2013Inspection report