John Frost School
The John Frost School, formerly known as Duffryn High School (), 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" television episode "School Reunion", filmed in 2005. As of 2019, the head teacher is Mark Tucker. Name change. At the beginning of 2015 it was announced that Duffryn High School was changing its name to The John Frost School. John Frost (1784−1877) was a Chartist and the leader of the Newport  Rising. In popular culture. In August 2019, in the BBC TV series "Who Do You Think You Are?", the school was visited by TV producer Michael Whitehall and his son, actor and comedian Jack Whitehall, who were revealed to be descendants of Thomas Phillips, mayor of Newport at the time of the Rising.