Hannah Tointon - Tara(simons girlfriend in inbetweeners) Nathalie Emmanuel - Sasha Valentine (hollyoaks) Hannah Waterman - Laura Beale (eastenders) Alison Childs, Olympic diver, 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Catherine Bishop, silver medalist, coxless pairs, 2004 Olympic Games Emma Pooley - cyclist who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
A few footballers - other local schools had a few more though.
Newport is, however, famous for being the inspiration behind Dickens' 'Great Expectations' - we have the house with the woman and everything. It's called Havisham House - he wasn't having an imaginative day when he wrote that