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Bishopton PRU

Special / other · Stockton-on-Tees · TS23 3HB

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Urgent improvement

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: Not metCurriculum & teaching: Urgent improvementAchievement: Urgent improvementAttendance & behaviour: Urgent improvementPersonal development: Urgent improvementInclusion: Urgent improvementLeadership & governance: Urgent improvementEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 27 January 2026 · report published 18 May 2026

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At a glance

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
Website
https://bishopton.atomix.ac.uk
URN
148601

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
11
England 18.5

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

This school£23,592
Typical special / other school£29,008

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

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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