Bassaleg School ( cy, Ysgol Basaleg) is a comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18 years, situated in the suburb of

Bassaleg Bassaleg ( cy, Basaleg) is a suburb on the west side of Newport, Wales. It is in the Graig electoral ward and community.Bassaleg is located two miles northwest of Newport city centre. Bassaleg is bounded by the A467 road (A4072) to the east, th ...

on the western side of the city of Newport, South Wales. The present buildings of the school range in age from the early 20th century to the present day. The buildings form a natural campus, with playing fields, lawns and gardens. It has over 1,700 pupils. Because of expanding residential development in the area, consultations took place in 2021 to 2022 to increase capacity to over 2,000 pupils by 2023. Plans were approved by

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in February 2022 and work on the project began in March 2022.

Notable former pupils

* Stuart Barnes, ''

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'' journalist and former Bath,

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and British Lions rugby player * Jon Callard, former Bath and

rugby player *

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, homeless, whilst studying at the school *

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, rugby player * John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales and Archbishop of Wales * David Davies,

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* Ron Davies, Former AM and MP and

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, rugby player for

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and

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* Karl Francis, film writer and director *

Anneliese Heard Anneliese Heard (born 3 November 1981) is a Welsh triathlete from Bassaleg near Newport, Wales. At the age of eight, she competed in her first triathlon, winning the Cannock Chase in under nine category. Crowned British Juvenile Champion at th ...

, triathlete * Liz Johnson, Paralympic gold medallist *

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, former

and British Lions rugby player * Stephen Jones, rugby correspondent of the ''Sunday Times'' *

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, writer and journalist, author of ''

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'' * Alix Popham, former Welsh national rugby player and budding

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'', ''

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'' and '' EastEnders'' as AJ Ahmed * Malcolm Thomas a former Welsh and British Lions rugby player who played club rugby for Newport and won 27 caps for Wales during the 1950s * Aaron Wainwright, current Welsh national rugby player *

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{{authority control Secondary schools in Newport, Wales