Caerleon Comprehensive School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Caerleon Comprehensive School is an 11-18 mixed community school maintained by Newport local authority. The majority of pupils come from the town of Caerleon and others from Usk, Goytre and Little Mill in Monmouthshire, Ponthir in Torfaen, and Langstone in Newport. Just over 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is well below the national average of 17.

4%. Around 6% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. Most pupils speak English as their first language and come from a white, British background.

The percentage of pupils with special educational needs is around 17% that is well below the national average of 25.1%. The percentage of pupils who have a statement of special educational needs i...s 2%, which is below the national average of 2.

5%. There are currently 1,521 pupils on role, including 358 in the sixth form, which is less than at the time of the last inspection in March 2011 when there were 1,671 pupils on roll. The senior leadership team consists of the headteacher, who has been in post since September 2015, a deputy headteacher and four assistant headteachers.

The individual school budget per pupil for Caerleon Comprehensive School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £4,294 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the secondary schools in Newport is £7,917 and the minimum is £4,164. Caerleon Comprehensive School is eighth out of the nine secondary schools in Newport in terms of its school budget per pupil.