Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre is not just another school; we are a thriving, successful, vibrant and energetic community demonstrating a common purpose – to ensure the very best for our students.

Our values spell our H.E.A.R.T. honesty, excellence, accountability, respect and teamwork, and underpin everything we do and articulate in all areas. 

Our success is based on an ethos designed to address individual needs, foster self-esteem and self-belief and meet society’s changing expectations.

Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre is proud of the extensive range of opportunities we offer, in all areas and OFSTED acknowledged this when they visited.

We will always be fully inclusive and put the students at the very centre of all that we do.

We are constantly on the lookout for outstanding opportunities to enhance our curriculum and are tenacious in developing the learning experience for our students. Our trailblazing work for NHS England has to some amazing opportunities for our students such as SmartGym Gloucestershire that seek to explore the value of combining physical and cognitive exercises to help build young people’s mental resilience.

In September 2023 the National Cyber Security Centre (part of GCHQ) awarded us a Gold Standard school for Cyber Security. We are one of a handful or schools to be awarded this twice in a row. This prestigious award is built on the success of our ground-breaking work as a CyberHub School and demonstrates our ongoing commitment to Cyber Security Education. 

Similarly high standards of effort, talent and performance are nurtured in the extra-curricular life of the school be it on the sports field, in art, drama music or in the many other opportunities for participation outside of lessons which include the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Y9 Camp and our whole school Drama productions that involve a cast and crew of over 200 young people from all year groups.

We are a school at the very heart of our local community and seek to be the school of choice of all who live here.

Mrs Dawn Burke

Principal

History and Heritage

The Newent Grammar School was founded in 1925 and was cited at the crossroads in the building that is now the Community Centre. On 1st April 1965 Newent School was founded and moved into Gloucestershire’s first purpose built comprehensive school on our current site. We welcomed hundreds of previous students back to our 50th Anniversary Celebration in April 2015.

There is a continuous programme of refurbishment and improvement to ensure up to date facilities in specialist areas.

Facilities include:

• Design Technology Workshops

• Four Information Technology suites

• A Sports Hall, Fitness Suite, My Ride Studio and gymnasium

• A Swimming Pool

• A two pitch fully floodlit Astroturf with Clubhouse

• Floodlit tennis courts

• Sixth Form Centre

What makes us special:

Newent Comminuty School is a school with a pounding HEART. It actively supports staff and students to uphold the values as all stakeholders work to be 'the best that they can be'.

Staff, students and visitors comment on the friendly and welcoming atmosphere in the school. This is a caring school where staff make a point of getting to know every student. We have a strong inclusion team, organised through a House System. Tutor groups include students in Years 7 – 10 who support each other and ensure new students feel welcome.

We aim to develop mature, confident and thoughtful citizens. We have a thorough programme of Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) for all students as well as Citizenship, Work Experience, Enterprise Education and Careers Guidance.

Extra-Curricular activities are a very important part of the school and include: Sports; Orchestras and Bands; Choirs; a range of different Clubs (such as Photography, History, Scuba Diving, Science and Engineering); Drama Productions; Camping; International Trips and Exchanges; Curriculum Visits; Field Courses; Ski Trip; Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme; Arctic Expeditions and Endurance Cycle Challenges.

Please visit the following link to the Ofsted website for Newent Community School and Sixth Form Inspection information:

http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/138746

Stratgeic Aims:

Over the next few years we aim to:

• Position our school at the heart of our local community.
• Enable a challenging, stimulating, creative and diverse learning environment by ensuring high quality Teaching and Learning and student support
• Develop Leadership capacity that is based on quality CPD, INSET, experience and recruitment, to allow us all to be the best that we can be 
• Create an environment to promote positive wellbeing, resilience and support for our school community 
• Research and discover our position in the evolving MAT landscape, whilst being committed to our locality, and our students. 

Vision and Values.

Our goal is for Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre to be a thriving and supportive community underpinned by mutual respect. We strive for excellence by providing a challenging, stimulating, creative and diverse learning environment that enables us all to become the best we can be

Our values of Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect and Teamwork lie at the centre of what we do, with all stakeholders. The acronym of HEART will not surprise you once you have visited and see the amazing staff and students we have. It is a school, a staff and a student body with HEART.

Telephone 01531 820550, email admin@newent.gloucs.sch.uk or visit www.newent.gloucs.sch.uk

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