Bassaleg School

Bassaleg School (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. 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.

As of 2023, the new facility, Adeliad Balch (meaning Pride Building) opened, and now caters for 70% of education that takes place at Bassaleg School.

Since its opening, the building has received criticism from pupils claiming that the new name is too cliche. Some pupils believe that the building should have been named "Griffin" as a reference to the name of the now demolished building it replaced, which was situated on Griffin Lane.

Notable former pupils

 * Stuart Barnes, Times journalist and former Bath, England and British Lions rugby player
 * Jon Callard, former Bath and England rugby player
 * Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, Chief Fire Officer of the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, homeless whilst studying at the school
 * Jamie Corsi, rugby player
 * John Davies, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon in the Church in Wales and Archbishop of Wales
 * David Davies, former Conservative MP for Monmouth and Secretary of State for Wales
 * Ron Davies, Former AM and MP and Secretary of State for Wales
 * Rio Dyer, rugby player for Dragons RFC and Wales
 * Anneliese Heard, triathlete
 * Liz Johnson, Paralympic gold medallist
 * Ryan Jones, former Wales and British Lions rugby player
 * Roger Lewis, writer and journalist, author of The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
 * Alix Popham, former Welsh national rugby player
 * Malcolm Thomas a former Welsh and British Lions rugby player who played club rugby for Newport and won 27 caps for Wales during the 1950s
 * Aaron Wainwright, current Welsh national rugby player
 * Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader Green Party of England and Wales