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Bassaleg School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Forge Lane, Bassaleg, Newport NP10 8NF · 01633 892191
On the mapSearch near NP10 8NF
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected May 2019
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,871
- Local authority
- Newport
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 6.6%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 4.1%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 2.3%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 17.4%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 404.2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404.2 | 354.3 | 416.6 | ||
| 45.9 | 38.6 | 46.2 | ||
| 43.9 | 36.0 | 44.9 | ||
| 42.7 | 35.8 | 44.9 | ||
| 0.0 | 29.0 | 18.0 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in May 2019. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards good; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning good; Teaching and learning experiences good; Care, support and guidance excellent; Leadership and management good.
Judgements · 2017 framework
| Standards | Good |
|---|---|
| Wellbeing and attitudes to learning | Good |
| Teaching and learning experiences | Good |
| Care, support and guidance | Excellent |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Recommendations · May 2019
- Improve outcomes in key stage 4 in a few areas across the curriculum
- Improve the attitudes to learning of a few pupils
- Reduce the variation in teaching and assessment to ensure that pupils of all abilities make sufficient progress
All reports
- Mar 2026Interim visit letter
- May 2019Inspection reportLast full
- Nov 2014Inspection report