Bishopton PRU
Alternative provision school · Academy alternative provision converter · ages 7 to 16 · Mixed
Marsh House Avenue, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB
- Pupils63
- Ages7 to 16
- Latest Ofsted27 Jan 2026
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date. This school has a new report card and an older inspection: Ofsted says “the new grades can’t be compared to the old ones”.
Report card · 27 Jan 2026
Category of concern: Special measures. What this means.
- InclusionUrgent improvement
- Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
- Personal development and well-beingUrgent improvement
- Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
- SafeguardingNot met
Report card grades run from Exceptional to Urgent improvement (five steps, left to right). Ofsted says “expected standard” means the school is doing everything it should — “It’s a high standard”. What the grades mean.
Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1 · report published 18 May 2026
Graded inspection (no overall grade) · 20 May 2025
Category of concern: Serious weaknesses. What this means.
No overall grade: from September 2024 to November 2025 Ofsted gave sub-grades only (recorded as “Not judged”).
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Leadership and managementInadequate
- Safeguarding is effectiveYes
Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).
S5 Inspection · report published 16 Jul 2025
Ungraded inspection · 7 Feb 2024
Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next. An ungraded inspection checks whether a school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection; it doesn’t give new grades.
Ungraded inspection · report published 18 Mar 2024
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 63 (capacity 80)
15 girls, 48 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 68.3% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
First language not English
This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academies)
- Trust
- ATOMIX EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Sponsor
- Tees Valley Collaborative Trust
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Special needs catered for
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Opened
- 1 May 2021
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stockton North
- URN
- 148601 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
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How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.