Llanwern High School

{{Short description|School in Newport, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} '''Llanwern High School''' is a secondary school near Llanwern, on the eastern edge of Newport, Wales. The school has a capacity for 1450 pupils.<ref name=oneyearon>{{cite news|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10398729.One_year_on___Newport_s_Llanwern_High_celebrates/ |title=One year on - Newport's Llanwern High celebrates |work=South Wales Argus |date=3 May 2013 |access-date=2016-01-23 }}</ref>

==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.<ref name=newportstyle>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25577059 |title=How to bounce back, Newport-style |publisher=BBC News |date=4 January 2014 |access-date=2016-01-23 }}</ref> Pupils and teachers moved into the new school in May 2012 and it was officially opened on 19 September 2012 by Wales rugby players Dan Lydiate and Toby Faletau.<ref name=oneyearon />

==School characteristics==

The school was profiled in ''The Guardian'' in 2006 by journalist Stephen Moss, whose own school it had been in the 1960s.<ref name="Moss_2006">{{cite news |last1=Moss |first1=Stephen |title='If ever there was a school of hard knocks, it's this one. It had a fearsome reputation' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/nov/08/schools.uk3 |access-date=19 August 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=8 November 2006}}</ref> Moss identifies the level of deprivation locally which means that the school "no longer gets enough pupils to produce a grammar stream".<ref name="Moss_2006"/> 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".<ref name="Moss_2006"/> Moss found the lessons "impressive" and noted that the sixth-form was a "school of sporting excellence".<ref name="Moss_2006"/> He describes the children as "articulate, thoughtful and a little wayward".<ref name="Moss_2006"/> 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.<ref name="Moss_2006"/>

==Inspection by Estyn==

As of 2022, the school's most recent inspection was in 2019, with a judgement of Adequate but "in need of significant improvement".<ref name="Estyn_2017">{{cite web |title=A report on Llanwern High School, Hartridge Farm Road, Newport, NP18 2YE |url=https://www.estyn.gov.wales/system/files/2020-08/Llanwern%2520High%2520School.pdf |publisher=Estyn |access-date=19 August 2022 |date=2017}}</ref> There was a monitoring visit in 2019, which found Significant Improvement.<ref name="Estyn_2019">{{cite web |title=Report following monitoring: Level of follow-up: Significant Improvement. Llanwern High School, Hartridge Farm Road, Newport, NP18 2YE |url=https://www.estyn.gov.wales/system/files/2021-08/Outcome%20of%20monitoring%20visit%20Llanwern%20High%20School%202019.pdf |publisher=Estyn |access-date=19 August 2022 |date=2019}}</ref>

==Notable former pupils==

* Mark Aizlewood, Wales international football player * John F. Allen, biochemist * John Blackburn, Anglican priest and Chaplain General of the British Army * Christian Malcolm, international sprinter

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.llanwernhighschool.co.uk/}}

Category:Secondary schools in Newport, Wales