Sporting Chance, Newport
Sporting Chance is a school for pupils in Newport.
- Estyn
- In follow-up
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Sporting Chance in detail
School in Wales
Sporting Chance is a school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.
What Estyn said
Estyn's most recent full inspection report on Sporting Chance dates from 2025.
Estyn follow-up status: The school does not require any follow-up activity by Estyn..
Read the full Estyn report (school website)
Source: © Crown copyright, Estyn: "Inspection report Sporting Chance 2025 (English only)". Quoted under Estyn's re-use terms.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Newport (S Wales) Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Blaina Wharf (opposite), 40 metres away.
Sources: Welsh Government school data and StatsWales (OGL); Estyn; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASInspection
Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Read Sporting Chance's Estyn reports.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Sporting Chance is in Newport; for families living there:
Apply to Newport for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 25
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 10
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 25 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 10 serious and 15 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Newport is 10 (the median across 60 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Sporting Chance
What is the catchment area for Sporting Chance?
In Wales catchment areas are set by the local authority, so Sporting Chance has a defined catchment published by Newport. Living in it does not guarantee a place - when the school is oversubscribed Newport applies the published criteria, which usually put looked-after children first, then siblings, then distance - but it normally carries priority.
How do I apply to Sporting Chance?
Apply through Newport, naming Sporting Chance on your application. Welsh admission deadlines are set by each local authority rather than nationally, so check Newport's admissions pages for this year's closing date.
How many road collisions happen near Sporting Chance?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 25 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 10 serious and 15 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Newport is 10 (the median across 60 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Sporting Chance?
Sporting Chance is at Unit 2, Usk Way Industrial Estate, Newport, NP20 2HZ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)