Porthcawl Council School was designed by County Architect D. Pugh Jones and opened in 1907. The school opened on Tuesday 7 January 1908, and replaced the former village school built in 1848. The new council school was designed in Queen Anne style on the central hall principle, with three large classrooms, cloakrooms and headteacher’s room. Built with Ruabon red brick with Forest of Dean stone dressings and green slate roof, the school allowed for later extensions on-site with initial accommodation for 150 pupils. An infants' department was added in 1915. Each block is assymetrical in its arrangement. All windows are tall, multipane fixed glazing with pull-down opening lights. Pugh Jones would later become one of the most active schools architect in south Wales in the interwar period.

The buildings are currently in use as Newton Primary School.

RAJ, RCAHMW, 2 February 2004. Updated by M. Powel, RCAHMW. May 2023.

Sources: ‘Porthcawl’s New School’, Weekly Mail, 11 January 1908, p.4; Cadw Listing Summary reference no.19371