Newport Girls' High School Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 1 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Telford and Wrekin
Unique reference
136516
Address
Wellington Road, TF10 7HL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
786 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
11.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.3%
Persistent absence
6.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 53.6%
Indian 12.8%
Unclassified 7.8%
Other Asian 6.5%
Mixed 4.7%
Other White 2.8%
Pakistani 2.7%
African 2.7%
Chinese 2.2%
Other 2%
Other Black 1.4%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.79
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.31
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 84%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 77.5
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.57
Local authority average 3.93
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE85
ChemistryGCSE85
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE9
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE85
English LiteratureGCSE85
FrenchGCSE42
GeographyGCSE57
GermanGCSE40
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Newport Girls' High School Academy

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
118
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
223
2nd preference
93
3rd preference
55
From another Local Authority
243
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
113
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
47
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
120
0
120
Year 8
150
0
150
Year 9
121
0
121
Year 10
90
0
90
Year 11
88
0
88
Year 12
121
0
121
Year 13
96
0
96
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
86.6%
86.5%
Further education
6.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
89.0%
32.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
14.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
61.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
58.0%
20.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
50.0%
19.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
1.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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