St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School, Newport

The school was a case study in research published by the Australian Council for Educational Research.^[3] The research describes progress from "considerable underachievement" in 1994 to above average performance by 2008.^[3]

In the school's 2018 Estyn inspection report it was assessed as 'good' on four of the five standards, and as 'excellent' in Care, Guidance and Support.^[4]

Estyn noted the school's extra-curricular provision, including trips, chaplaincy meetings, a gardening club, a folk group, sports' clubs, a fairtrade club and work on recycling.^[4] There are also book clubs and a reading buddy scheme.^[4]

The school competes in the Young Enterprise competition, where pupils get to start and run their own business. In 2007 the team received a series of prizes:^[5]

• Runner Up: Gwent Best Company Overall
• Runner Up: Best Use of IT
• First Place: Company Report
• Runner Up: Best Trade Stand

In 2008 it bettered these results winning:-^[6]

• 1st Prize in every category at the Newport and Monmouthshire Young Enterprise 2008 final

In the Gwent Final they won;

• Best Company Report
• Best Trade Stand
• Runner-up Best Company
• Best presentation

• Leon Brown (born 1996), rugby union player
• James Collins (born 1983), footballer
• Michael Flynn (born 1980), footballer
• Phillipa Knowles (born 1972), International judoka^[7]
• Rollin Menayese (born 1997), footballer^[8]
• Harry Powell (born 1995), cricketer^{[citation needed]}