Newport High School (Wales)

Newport High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Casnewydd) is a co-educational secondary school in the Bettws district of the city of Newport, South Wales, UK for pupils aged 11–18 years.

Newport High School
Address
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Bettws Lane

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NP20 7YB

United Kingdom
Coordinates51°36′25″N 3°00′54″W / 51.607°N 3.015°W / 51.607; -3.015
Information
TypeComprehensive
MottoLearning, Believing, Achieving
EstablishedNovember 2009 (new school)
Local authorityNewport City Council
Chair of GovernorsJames Clarke
HeadteacherGill Lee
Staff80+ teachers, 30+ support staff
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,200[1]
HousesBranwen Pryderi Taliesin Olwen
Websitehttp://www.newporthigh.co.uk

Admissions

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There are about 1,100 pupils from a catchment area to the north western side of Newport.[citation needed]

History

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The school's origin can be dated back to the foundation in 1896 of separate Boys' and Girls' intermediate schools in Newport. Subsequently the High School name was adopted. Following the implementation of comprehensive education the school(s) eventually moved from Queen's Hill to Bettws Lane. The current school of 2009 was built in front of the old Bettws Comprehensive School, itself built in 1970. The latter's school plot was sold to Barratt Homes for demolition and house building.

  Newport High School 1964 - The Return of an Old Boy, 1964 8mm cine film at YouTube

Academic performance

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The school's most recent Estyn inspection took place in 2008. This report was in quick succession to an inspection during November 2007. The 2007 report noted the school's improvements, particularly in GCSE results, since the previous inspection in 2001, but recommended that significant further improvement was necessary.[1] The 2008 report concluded that "significant improvement" had been made and the school was placed back into the standard inspection cycle.

Alumni

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Newport High School for Boys

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Newport High School for Girls

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References

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  1. ^ a b Brian William Medhurst (17 January 2008). "A Report on the Quality of Education in Bettws High School" (PDF). Estyn. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Alison Bielski: Poet whose experimental, structurally inventive and often startling work drew on Welsh myth and legend". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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