Newport High School ( cy, 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.

Admissions

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

History

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

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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

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for demolition and house building.

Academic performance

The school's most recent

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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. The 2008 report concluded that "significant improvement" had been made and the school was placed back into the standard inspection cycle.

Alumni

Newport High School for Boys

* Keith Baxter (actor) *

Cyril Bence Cyril Raymond Bence (26 November 1902 – 7 September 1992) was a Welsh toolmaker, part-time lecturer and politician. Earlier career Bence was born near Bristol, the son of a farmer and meat purveyor. He went to school in Newport, Monmouthshir ...

, Labour MP from 1951 to 1970 for

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* Bryan Bowen, Paymaster-in-Chief and Inspector of Army Pay Services from 1986 to 1989, and colonel commandant from 1990 to 1992 of the

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* Richard Bradshaw, Director General from 1977 to 1981 of the

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, and Commandant from 1973 to 1975 of the RAMC Training Centre * Trevor Brewer, rugby player *

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, rugby player * Graham Dixon-Lewis, professor of combustion science from 1978 to 1987 at the

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* Gareth L Evans rugby union player *

John Evans (rugby player) John Raymond Evans (12 September 1911 – 8 March 1943) was a Welsh international rugby union hooker who played club rugby for Newport. Evans joined Newport after showing promise as a Welsh Schools players, winning three caps while at Newport H ...

Raymond Glendenning Raymond Carl Glendenning (25 September 1907 – 23 February 1974) was a BBC radio sports commentator and occasional character actor. Early years He was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, and was educated at Newport High School and the Unive ...

, sports commentator * Peter Gray, professor of

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from 1962 to 1988 at the

, master from 1988 to 1996 of

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, and president from 1983 to 1985 of the

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, professor of laryngology and otology from 1963 to 1990 at

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, and expert on laryngeal cancer *

Walter Martin (rugby player) Walter John Martin DCM (born 14 May 1883 in Woodford, England) was a Wales international rugby union player. He played club rugby predominantly for Newport, captaining the side and played county rugby for Monmouthshire. While playing for New ...

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, professor of economics from 1991 to 2006 at the

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Newport High School for Girls

Margaret Delacourt-Smith, Baroness Delacourt-Smith of Alteryn Margaret Rosalind Delacourt-Smith, Baroness Delacourt-Smith of Alteryn, JP (née Hando) (5 April 1916 – 8 June 2010), known as Lady Delacourt-Smith from 1967, was a British Labour politician. Biography Margaret Rosalind Hando was born in 191 ...

* Alison Bielski, poet and writer.

References

External links

School homepage
{{authority control Secondary schools in Newport, Wales