St. Joseph's RC High School is a secondary high school on the outskirts of

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School history and performance

The school was a case study in research published by the

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. The research describes progress from "considerable underachievement" in 1994 to above average performance by 2008. In the school's 2018

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inspection report it was assessed as 'good' on four of the five standards, and as 'excellent' in Care, Guidance and Support.

Extracurricular activities and clubs

Estyn noted the school's extra-curricular provision, including trips, chaplaincy meetings, a gardening club, a folk group, sports' clubs, a fairtrade club and work on recycling. There are also book clubs and a reading buddy scheme. The school competes in the

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competition, where pupils get to start and run their own business. In 2007 the team received a series of prizes: *Runner Up: Gwent Best Company Overall *Runner Up: Best Use of IT *First Place: Company Report *Runner Up: Best Trade Stand In 2008 it bettered these results winning:- *1st Prize in every category at the Newport and Monmouthshire Young Enterprise 2008 final In the Gwent Final they won; *Best Company Report *Best Trade Stand *Runner-up Best Company *Best presentation

Notable alumni

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, footballer * Harry Powell, cricketer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Joseph's High School (Newport) Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Cardiff Secondary schools in Newport, Wales