Llanwern High School is a
secondary school
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on the eastern edge of
Newport,
Wales
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. The school has a capacity for 1450 pupils.
History
Previously known as Hartridge High School, it changed its name in 2012 to Llanwern High School, recruited a new headteacher (Peter Jenkins) and built a new £29 million school building.
Pupils and teachers moved into the new school in May 2012 and it was officially opened on 19 September 2012 by Wales
rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
players
Dan Lydiate
Dan Lydiate (born 18 December 1987) is a Wales international rugby union player. A flanker, Lydiate was raised in Llandrindod Wells and is a product of the Newport Gwent Dragons academy.
Early life
The younger of two boys born to English dock ...
and
Toby Faletau
Tangaki Taulupe "Toby" Faletau (born 12 November 1990) is a Welsh professional rugby union player for Cardiff Rugby in the United Rugby Championship and has represented the national team for over 10 years. The back row forward played for Cr ...
.
School characteristics
The school was profiled in ''
The Guardian
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'' in 2006 by journalist
Stephen Moss, whose own school it had been in the 1960s.
Moss identifies the level of deprivation locally which means that the school "no longer gets enough pupils to produce a grammar stream".
He quotes the then deputy head, "We have a small number of children who would stand their own anywhere, and we obviously nurture those, and they have as good a chance here as anywhere".
Moss found the lessons "impressive" and noted that the sixth-form was a "school of sporting excellence".
He describes the children as "articulate, thoughtful and a little wayward".
He notes that the "school's academic performance is grisly by national standards", citing the 2006 results, but that this is misleading because of the school's catchment area and children's attainment when they come to the school.
Inspection by
Estyn
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As of 2022, the school's most recent inspection was in 2019, with a judgement of Adequate but "in need of significant improvement".
There was a monitoring visit in 2019, which found Significant Improvement.
Notable former pupils
* Wales international
football
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player
Mark Aizlewood
Mark Aizlewood (born 1 October 1959) is a Welsh manager and former professional footballer who currently manages Cymru South side Carmarthen Town.
Having started his football career at his hometown club Newport County, making his professiona ...
* Biochemist
John F. Allen
* International sprinter
Christian Malcolm
References
External links
*
Secondary schools in Newport, Wales
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