Established 1959 Headteacher Mr J Wilson Phone +44 1633 654100 Founded 1959 | Type comprehensive school Ages 11–18 Number of students 1,200 | |
Location Lighthouse Road
Newport
NP10 8YD
United Kingdom Address Lighthouse Rd, Duffryn, Newport NP10 8YD, UK Similar Newport High School, Llanwern High School, St Julian's School, St Joseph's RC High School, Caerleon Compreh School Profiles | ||
The John Frost School formally known as "Duffryn High School" (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Dyffyrn) is a comprehensive school on the south-western outskirts of Newport, south Wales. It is in the suburb of Duffryn and opened in 1959. The John Frost School was the filming location of the Doctor Who episode School Reunion, filmed in late-summer 2005. In 2014 the school and many others around Wales worked with BBC Radio Wales and some of the student performed and were host during Children in Need.
Name Change
In the beginning of 2015 it was announced that Duffryn high school was changing its name after over 50 years to The John Frost school, after the Welsh leader of the British Chartist movement in the Newport Rising John Frost, as well as the name change the school under went a big transformation with its school buildings being redone and another building being built over the summer of 2016. John Frost was born in Newport in 1784.