John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre AcademyNewent Community School and Sixth Form Centre

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy and Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre are secondary schools.

  • John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre scores 48 out of 100 (grade D, below average). John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy was judged the expected standard and Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.8 for John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy and 42.4 for Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy (51.4 in 2021-22, 46.8 in 2025-26) and has fallen at Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre (44.4 in 2021-22, 42.4 in 2025-26).

Side-by-side comparison

John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy versus Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Ross-on-WyeJohn Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre AcademyNewentNewent Community School and Sixth Form CentreEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100Stronger figureD48/100
Local ranking5th of 15 in Herefordshire 38th of 41 in Gloucestershire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,274 976
Capacity1,460 1,442
LocationRoss-on-Wye, HR9 7ET Newent, GL18 1QF
GCSE results
Attainment 846.8 Stronger figure42.4 46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths43.5% Stronger figure36.1% 46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths69.2% Stronger figure55.0% 64.8%
Cohort237 169
A-level results
A-level entries103 30
A-level average points34.2 Stronger figure24.1 35.0
A-level average gradeC+ D+
Best 3 A-levels points34.1 Stronger figure23.0 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects16.1% Stronger figure0.0% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,292 1,063
Free school meals (ever 6)18.0% 23.2%
English as an additional language4.6% 8.6%
SEN support16.4% 19.9%
SEN with an EHC plan1.6% 2.7%
Attendance
Overall absence7.3% Stronger figure9.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence19.8% Stronger figure27.8% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy

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