Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school located in Newent. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 24/01/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.9%, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Watery Lane, Newent, GL18 1QF
Website: http://newent.gloucs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01531820550
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Gloucestershire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Rhys Phillips
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138746

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 24/01/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1442
Number of Pupils: 990
Number of Boys: 495
Number of Girls: 495

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.16 Confidence interval -0.37 to 0.04
Of the 154 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 146 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:31%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:37%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.73
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Glebe Infants' School
Glebe Way , GL18 1BL
2out of 4 749 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Picklenash Junior School
Ross Road , GL18 1BG
2out of 4 818 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre
Watery Lane , GL18 1QF
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.