St Joseph’s R.C.High School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic High School in Newport, is a voluntary-aided, mixed, 11-18 school, in the city of Newport and within the Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff. There are 1,388 pupils on roll, a decrease of 92 since the last inspection in January 2013.

There are 231 students in the sixth form. Most pupils come from within the city of Newport, and a small minority come from Risca, Caldicot and Chepstow. Just over 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average of 17% for secondary schools in Wales.

Around 36% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. Around 18% of pupils have a special educational need, which is below the average of 21.5% for secondary schools in Wale...s.

Around 2.0% of pupils have statements of special educational needs, which is similar to the average figure for Wales as a whole. Twenty-two per cent of pupils come from minority ethnic backgrounds and close to 20% speak English as an additional language.

No pupils speak Welsh at home. The headteacher has been in post for five years. There is also one deputy headteacher, three assistant headteachers and three temporary assistant headteachers.

The school is currently a pioneer school and is working with the Welsh Government and other schools to take forward developments relating to professional learning. Estyn does not inspect religious education or the religious content of collective worship when it is a school with a religious character. Instead, the governing body is required by law to arrange for religious education and collective worship to be inspected separately.