Newport Girls High School
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| Newport High School | |
| Motto | in omnibus fidelis (Latin: Faith in Everything) |
| Established | 1920s |
| Type | community grammar |
| President | Mrs Edwina Gleeson |
| Chair of Governors | Mrs Kathryn Foster |
| Specialism | Maths and Computing |
| Location | Wellington Road Newport Shropshire TF10 7HL England  |
| LEA | Telford and Wrekin |
| Ofsted number | 123561 |
| Students | 360 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Roddam , Seacole and Austen |
| School colours | Navy blue and white, black and white |
| Website | www.newporthigh.wrekin.sch.uk |
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Newport High School is an all girls school. Newport, Shropshire, England. The school was opened in the 1920s. The school is selective and is an all girls intake. In 2003, the school started to take in a double intake of around 55 students a year and will reach the full capacity in the 2007-2008 academic year. The school has also achieved a Maths and Computing specialist satus.
[edit] Houses
The school originally had 4 houses, Curie, Cavell, Bronte and Keller, each named after famous women in history. The school recently changed these houses to 3 new houses named, Seacole, Roddam and Austen. Each house has a colour, Seacole-green, Roddam-yellow and Austen-red with a house captain from the sixth form assigned to each house. There are many events throughout the year in which the houses compete against each other to win the event, or in individual categories. These include competitions such as House Drama and House Music, and also includes regular school events such as sports day.
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