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Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre

Forest of Dean, GL18 1QFSecondaryAges 11–18MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Mar 2024
Progress 8
-0.65
Well below average
−20+2
Competition
0.7×
Not oversubscribed
99 1st-choice / 153 places
Ranking
#2,792
of 3,141 nationally

About Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre

65 compared to Gloucestershire's average of 0. 19. That gap of 0. 84 is significant and places the school 39th out of 44 secondary schools in the county, firmly in the bottom tier. The school's Progress 8 banding is officially 'Well below average', and its national percentile ranking of 88. 9 means it performs worse than nearly nine in ten schools across England. This is a school where the headline metrics suggest a real challenge in accelerating pupil progress from their starting points, particularly in English (Progress 8 English: -0. 78) and open subjects (Progress 8 Open: -0. 74), though maths (-0. 52) and EBacc subjects (-0. 56) are slightly less negative. For parents comparing options within Gloucestershire, these figures place Newent a long way behind the county's top performers like Pate's Grammar School (Progress 8: 1. 01) and Denmark Road High School (0. 93).

Key Details

School TypeSecondary (State)
Age Range11 to 18 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterNone
AddressWatery Lane, Newent, Forest of Dean, GL18 1QF
HeadteacherBen Dumayne
Local AuthorityGloucestershire
Number of Pupils1,063
Free School Meals (FSM)22.5%
School Capacity1,063 / 1,442 (74% full)
Sixth FormYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

20 Mar 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (20 Mar 2024): School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

Source: Ofsted, 25 Feb 2014. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

DyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:40 – 15:20

Source: newent.gloucs.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.