Bishopton PRU
Special / other · Stockton-on-Tees · TS23 3HB
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 27 January 2026 · report published 18 May 2026
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63 pupils · 79% of 80 capacity
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Age range
- 7–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 68.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 29.9% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3% of pupils
- URN
- 148601
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
20% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% moved to another state school · 60% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 27 January 2026: Urgent improvement
- 20 May 2025: S5 Inspection
- 6 February 2024: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.