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'''Bassaleg School''' ({{langx|cy|Ysgol Basaleg}}) is a ] for pupils aged 11 to 18 years, situated in the suburb of ] on the western side of the city of ], ], United Kingdom. The present buildings of the school range in age from the early 20th century to the present day. The buildings form a natural campus, with playing fields, lawns and gardens. It has over 1,700 pupils. Because of expanding residential development in the area, consultations took place in 2021 to 2022 to increase capacity to over 2,000 pupils by 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19091023.bassaleg-school-expansion-go-second-consultation/|title=Bassaleg School expansion could go to second consultation|publisher=South Wales Argus|date=15 February 2021|access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref> Plans were approved by ] in February 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19891531.bassaleg-school-demolition-rebuild-plan-set-go-ahead/|title=Bassaleg School demolition and rebuild plan set for go-ahead|publisher=South Wales Argus|date=2 February 2022|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> with work on the project beginning in March 2022, following a £30,000,000 investment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19975255.bassaleg-school-redevelopment-work-starts/|title=Bassaleg School redevelopment work starts|publisher=South Wales Argus|date=7 March 2022|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
'''Bassaleg School''' ({{lang-cy|Ysgol Basaleg}}) is full of crack dealers, nos loving weed heads that get a buzz from going to Bassaleg comprehensive secondary school (even the teachers). The prison is for pupils aged 11-18, situated in the suburb of ] on the western side of the city ], ].
The present buildings of the school range in age from the early 20th century to the present day. The buildings form a natural campus, with playing fields, lawns and gardens.
It has over 1,700 pupils.


==Notable former pupils== == History ==
There has been a school around the current site since 1880, when Rowland Morgan (a distant relative of the ]) endowed £20 for its creation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.bassalegschool.com/_files/ugd/892a6a_b6d45deba0e64652af5bcb20a2642499.pdf |access-date=5 December 2024 |website=Bassalegschool.com}}</ref>{{efn|£20 in 1880 equates to approximately £{{Inflation|UK|20|1880|fmt=c|cursign=£|r=-3}} in {{Inflation/year|UK}}, according to calculations based on the ] measure of inflation.{{sfn|Clark|2023}}}} In the early twentieth-century, Bassaleg Controlled Voluntary School was built in its place to serve the familes of the workers of ] estate.<ref name=":1" /> "Forge Building", as it is commonly referred, was opened in Autumn 1935, by which time the school was known as Bassaleg Secondary School.<ref name=":1" />
{{seealso|Category:People educated at Bassaleg School}}
*], '']'' journalist and rugby player
*], ] player
*], rugby player.
*], ] MP for ] and one of the youngest MPs in the ]
*], Bishop of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales
*] AM, Former ] of Wales and ]
*], film writer and director
*], triathlete
*], Deputy Leader ] <ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenameliawomack</ref>
*], Wales and ] rugby player
*], rugby correspondent of the Sunday Times
*], writer and journalist, author of '']''
*], Welsh national rugby player
*], actor - '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']'' as ]
*] a Welsh international centre who played club rugby for Newport. He won 27 caps for Wales.
*], Paralympic gold medallist


The then ] frequented the new school, hosting prize-giving, and for many years to deliver gifts to the children at Christmastime.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 November 1936 |title=Bassaleg School Prize Day |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19361124/247/0012 |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=Western Mail |pages=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 1938 |title=Viscount Tredegar |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19381217/212/0011 |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=Western Mail |pages=11}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}


During ], five teachers and around 250 past students were serving in the forces, while forty older male students formed the "School Harvest Camp"; sleeping in the recently built gymnasium and farming the surrounding land for six weeks.<ref name=":1" /> By 1948, the school had become known as Bassaleg Grammar School.<ref name=":1" />


In 1958, Graig County Secondary Modern was established on the same site, with new buildings developed by A. Arthur & Son LTD. as a result.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 October 1958 |title=Main Contractors For The Graig Secondary Modern School |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19581003/118/0008 |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=Western Mail |pages=8}}</ref> The Secondary Modern's main building was erected adjacent to Griffin Lane, thus dubbed "Griffin Building".<ref name=":1" /> Following the 1976 abolition of grammar schools in England and Wales, the two schools on the site merged into Bassaleg Comprehensive School, as it is known today.<ref name=":1" />

== Notable staff and former pupils ==
=== Pupils ===
{{see also|Category:People educated at Bassaleg School}}
*], '']'' journalist and former ], ] and ] rugby player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bathrugbyheritage.org/content/heritage-topics/people/player-profiles/barnes-stuart-2|title=Barnes Stuart|website=bathrugbyheritage.org}}</ref>
*], former ] and ] rugby player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bathrugbyheritage.org/content/heritage-topics/people/player-profiles/callard-jon|title=Callard Jon|website=bathrugbyheritage.org}}</ref>
*], Chief Fire Officer of the ], homeless whilst studying at the school<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/firefighters-able-run-toward-danger-14330723|title=Why firefighters can run toward danger - woman's fascinating PhD|last=Deacon|first=Thomas|date=2018-02-24|website= WalesOnline |access-date=2019-09-29}}</ref>
*], rugby player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dragonsrugby.wales/teams/player/dragons/131491/jamie-corsi.html|title=Jamie Corsi &#124; Dragons Player|website=Dragons Rugby}}</ref>
*], Bishop of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales and Archbishop of Wales
*], former ] MP for ] and ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.david-davies.org.uk/about-david|title=About David|website=Rt Hon David TC Davies MP}}</ref>
*], Former AM and MP and ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.library.wales/index.php/davies-ron-1946|title=Davies, Ron, 1946- - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts|website=archives.library.wales}}</ref>
*], rugby player for ] and ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/15903065.teenage-speedster-dyer-aiming-build-dragons-debut-euro-champs/|title=Teenage speedster Dyer aiming to build on Dragons debut against Euro champs|publisher=South Wales Argus|date=29 January 2018|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>
*], triathlete<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/4613688.top-athlete-goes-back-to-school/|title=Top athlete goes back to school|website=South Wales Argus}}</ref>
*], Paralympic gold medallist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/3662079.ill-win-gold-for-my-mum-swimmers-pledge/|title=I'll win gold for my mum - swimmer's pledge|website=South Wales Argus}}</ref>
*], former ] and ] rugby player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/can-you-spot-wales-legend-9585217|title=Which Wales legend went back to his old school|first=Simon|last=Thomas|date=3 July 2015|website=WalesOnline}}</ref>
*], writer and journalist, author of '']''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/roger-lewis-seasonal-suicide-notes-2072514|title=Roger Lewis’ Seasonal Suicide Notes|date=28 November 2009|website=WalesOnline}}</ref>
*], former ] national rugby player
*] a former ] and ] rugby player who played club rugby for ] and won 27 caps for Wales during the 1950s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/former-wales-rugby-captain-malcolm-2032453|title=Former Wales rugby captain Malcolm Thomas dies at the age of 82|first=Phil|last=Blanche|date=12 April 2012|website=WalesOnline}}</ref>
*], current ] national rugby player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/17995293.skinny-kid-bassaleg-now-set-take-boks/|title=The skinny kid from Bassaleg now set to take on the Boks|website=South Wales Argus}}</ref>
*], Deputy Leader ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/newport-west-election-candidates-named-15990815|title=Newport West by-election candidates named|first=Ruth|last=Mosalski|date=18 March 2019|website=WalesOnline}}</ref>

=== Staff ===

* ], former under-21 international ] for Wales<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clayton-Jones |first=Justin |last2=Doble |first2=Ryan |date=2022-05-17 |title=Staff v 6th Form Football Match Thursday 12th May |url=https://www.bassalegschool.com/post/staff-v-6th-form-football-match-thursday-12th-may |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Bassalegschool.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ], former International rugby union player for Wales<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Our Staff {{!}} Bassaleg School |url=https://www.bassalegschool.com/our-staff |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Bassaleg |language=en}}</ref>
* ], Welsh cricketer and current captain for Wales<ref name=":2" />

== Gallery ==
In 2023, the school renamed its buildings in welsh; each reflecting one of the school's values. The new names include Caredig, Parchus, Dewr, Balch, Uniondeb, and Gwydn, meaning Kindness, Respect, Bravery, Pride, Integrity, and Resilience respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bassaleg Transition 24 - Buildings |url=https://sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net/bassaleg-transition-23/buildings |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Adeilad Balch===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px>
File:Balch,_Bassaleg_School.jpg| Front view.
File:Balch_interior2,_Bassaleg_School.jpg|Central lobby.
</gallery>

===Adeliad Parchus===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px>
File:Parchus, Bassaleg School.jpg| Front view.
File:Parchus2, Bassaleg School.jpg|Side view.
</gallery>
===Adeliad Uniondeb===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px>
File:Uniondeb, Bassaleg School.jpg| Front view.
File:Uniondeb2, Bassaleg School.jpg| Side view.
File:Uniondeb3, Bassaleg School.jpg| Side view of the older section of Adeilad Uniondeb.
File:Uniondeb4, Bassaleg School.jpg|Side view of the older section of Adeilad Uniondeb.
File:Uniondeb interior, Bassaleg School.jpg|Staircase Lobby.
File:Uniondeb interior2, Bassaleg School.jpg|Wall ].
File:Uniondeb interior3, Bassaleg School.jpg|Plaque commemorating the opening of the building in 1997.
</gallery>
===Adeliad Dewr===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px>
File:Dewr, Bassaleg School.jpg|Front three quarter view.
File:Dewr interior, Bassaleg School.jpg|Corridor view from the entrance.
</gallery>
===Adeilad Gwydn===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px>
File:Gwydn2, Bassaleg School.jpg|Gwdyn, the remainder of what was previously referred to as "Griffin Building".
</gallery>
===Adeilad Caredig===
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Bassaleg School - geograph.org.uk - 1869461.jpg|Front view of the main building, original gymnasium (left), and newer gymnasium (far left).
File:Caredig, Bassaleg School.jpg|Rear view of the complex and hard-standing area.
File:Bassaleg_School_staircase_(west).jpg|The south-east original 1930s staircase.
</gallery>

== References and notes ==
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===Website===
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Comprehensive school in Newport, Wales
Bassaleg School
Updated_2022_Bassaleg_School_Logo,_Stag,_BlueThe revised logo as of 2022.
Address
Forge Lane
Newport, NP10 8NF
Wales
Coordinates51°34′29″N 3°02′36″W / 51.574722°N 3.043333°W / 51.574722; -3.043333
Information
TypeComprehensive school
MottoBelieving and Belonging
Establishedc.1880
Local authorityNewport City Council
ChairpersonDavid Williams
Head teacherVictoria Lambe
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,749 as of 2019
Colour(s)Black   Gold  
Websitehttp://www.bassalegschool.com

Bassaleg School (Welsh: Ysgol Basaleg) is a comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18 years, situated in the suburb of Bassaleg on the western side of the city of Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom. The present buildings of the school range in age from the early 20th century to the present day. The buildings form a natural campus, with playing fields, lawns and gardens. It has over 1,700 pupils. Because of expanding residential development in the area, consultations took place in 2021 to 2022 to increase capacity to over 2,000 pupils by 2023. Plans were approved by Newport City Council in February 2022 with work on the project beginning in March 2022, following a £30,000,000 investment.

History

There has been a school around the current site since 1880, when Rowland Morgan (a distant relative of the Morgan's of Tredegar) endowed £20 for its creation. In the early twentieth-century, Bassaleg Controlled Voluntary School was built in its place to serve the familes of the workers of Lord Tredegar's estate. "Forge Building", as it is commonly referred, was opened in Autumn 1935, by which time the school was known as Bassaleg Secondary School.

The then Lord Tredegar frequented the new school, hosting prize-giving, and for many years to deliver gifts to the children at Christmastime.

During World War II, five teachers and around 250 past students were serving in the forces, while forty older male students formed the "School Harvest Camp"; sleeping in the recently built gymnasium and farming the surrounding land for six weeks. By 1948, the school had become known as Bassaleg Grammar School.

In 1958, Graig County Secondary Modern was established on the same site, with new buildings developed by A. Arthur & Son LTD. as a result. The Secondary Modern's main building was erected adjacent to Griffin Lane, thus dubbed "Griffin Building". Following the 1976 abolition of grammar schools in England and Wales, the two schools on the site merged into Bassaleg Comprehensive School, as it is known today.

Notable staff and former pupils

Pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Bassaleg School

Staff

Gallery

In 2023, the school renamed its buildings in welsh; each reflecting one of the school's values. The new names include Caredig, Parchus, Dewr, Balch, Uniondeb, and Gwydn, meaning Kindness, Respect, Bravery, Pride, Integrity, and Resilience respectively.

Adeilad Balch

  • Front view. Front view.
  • Central lobby. Central lobby.

Adeliad Parchus

  • Front view. Front view.
  • Side view. Side view.

Adeliad Uniondeb

  • Front view. Front view.
  • Side view. Side view.
  • Side view of the older section of Adeilad Uniondeb. Side view of the older section of Adeilad Uniondeb.
  • Side view of the older section of Adeilad Uniondeb. Side view of the older section of Adeilad Uniondeb.
  • Staircase Lobby. Staircase Lobby.
  • Wall mural. Wall mural.
  • Plaque commemorating the opening of the building in 1997. Plaque commemorating the opening of the building in 1997.

Adeliad Dewr

  • Front three quarter view. Front three quarter view.
  • Corridor view from the entrance. Corridor view from the entrance.

Adeilad Gwydn

  • Gwdyn, the remainder of what was previously referred to as "Griffin Building". Gwdyn, the remainder of what was previously referred to as "Griffin Building".

Adeilad Caredig

  • Front view of the main building, original gymnasium (left), and newer gymnasium (far left). Front view of the main building, original gymnasium (left), and newer gymnasium (far left).
  • Rear view of the complex and hard-standing area. Rear view of the complex and hard-standing area.
  • The south-east original 1930s staircase. The south-east original 1930s staircase.

References and notes

  1. £20 in 1880 equates to approximately £3,000 in 2023, according to calculations based on the Consumer Price Index measure of inflation.
  1. "A report on Bassaleg School" (PDF). Estyn. May 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. "Bassaleg School expansion could go to second consultation". South Wales Argus. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. "Bassaleg School demolition and rebuild plan set for go-ahead". South Wales Argus. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. "Bassaleg School redevelopment work starts". South Wales Argus. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Our History" (PDF). Bassalegschool.com. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  6. Clark 2023.
  7. "Bassaleg School Prize Day". Western Mail. 24 November 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  8. "Viscount Tredegar". Western Mail. 17 December 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  9. "Main Contractors For The Graig Secondary Modern School". Western Mail. 3 October 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  10. "Barnes Stuart". bathrugbyheritage.org.
  11. "Callard Jon". bathrugbyheritage.org.
  12. Deacon, Thomas (24 February 2018). "Why firefighters can run toward danger - woman's fascinating PhD". WalesOnline. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  13. "Jamie Corsi | Dragons Player". Dragons Rugby.
  14. "About David". Rt Hon David TC Davies MP.
  15. "Davies, Ron, 1946- - National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts". archives.library.wales.
  16. "Teenage speedster Dyer aiming to build on Dragons debut against Euro champs". South Wales Argus. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  17. "Top athlete goes back to school". South Wales Argus.
  18. "I'll win gold for my mum - swimmer's pledge". South Wales Argus.
  19. Thomas, Simon (3 July 2015). "Which Wales legend went back to his old school". WalesOnline.
  20. "Roger Lewis' Seasonal Suicide Notes". WalesOnline. 28 November 2009.
  21. Blanche, Phil (12 April 2012). "Former Wales rugby captain Malcolm Thomas dies at the age of 82". WalesOnline.
  22. "The skinny kid from Bassaleg now set to take on the Boks". South Wales Argus.
  23. Mosalski, Ruth (18 March 2019). "Newport West by-election candidates named". WalesOnline.
  24. Clayton-Jones, Justin; Doble, Ryan (17 May 2022). "Staff v 6th Form Football Match Thursday 12th May". Bassalegschool.com. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  25. ^ "Our Staff | Bassaleg School". Bassaleg. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  26. "Bassaleg Transition 24 - Buildings". sites.google.com. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

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