Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre

About Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre

Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school in Newent, Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,063 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.5, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.4 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 56% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 104 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.9%. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.