Newport Girls' High School Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Newport, Telford and Wrekin
11+ scores · 2026 entry
| Lowest score offered · out of area (National Offer Day) | 215 |
| Minimum qualifying score | 192 |
| Qualifying score · looked after / Pupil Premium | 183 |
From Newport Girls' High School Academy · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026: Not published · From Telford & Wrekin Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Newport Girls' High School Academy is a secondary school in Newport, Telford and Wrekin for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 1 November 2022. Telford and Wrekin has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Newport Girls' High School Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, there were 227 first-choice applications for 119 offers: 1.9 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 12 Telford and Wrekin secondary schools.
- Year 7 2026: 111 offers went to first-choice families, 116 first-choice families (51%) were not offered a place, and 8 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- For Year 7 2026, 266 of the 436 applications (61%) came from families living outside Telford and Wrekin, and 52 offers went to them.
- 2024/25: 97% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Telford and Wrekin schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wellington Road, Newport, TF10 7HL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Telford and Wrekin
- Pupils on roll
- 884 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 1 November 2022
Strengths
- “Newport Girls’ High School pupils are enormously proud of their school.”
- “Pupils know that they have exceptional opportunities to learn and to develop their interests and talents.”
- “They express great appreciation for the opportunities and experiences they are provided with to help them grow and develop into caring and responsible people.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 97% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 75.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 227 first-preference applications, 119 offers in total, 111 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Telford and Wrekin.
- Haberdashers' Adams 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Burton Borough School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- New Road Academy 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Academy 5.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase 5.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Charlton School 6.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ercall Wood Academy 7.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Telford Park School 7.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published