Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit
Valley Bridge Parade, Scarborough, YO11 2PG
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by Westwood Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Fox
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 17
- URN
- 132027
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
About this school
Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit was a special school in Scarborough. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 17 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | 16 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 87.5%
- English as an additional language
- 12.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Westwood Academy0.0 miles
Academies · Scarborough
-
Springhead School0.9 miles
Special schools · Scarborough
-
Scarborough College1.0 miles
Independent schools · Scarborough
-
The Woodlands Academy1.3 miles
Academies · Scarborough
-
Cambian Scarborough School2.9 miles
Special schools · Scarborough
Other schools in Scarborough
- Brompton Hall School Academies
- Cambian Scarborough School Special schools
- Springhead School Special schools
- The Woodlands Academy Academies
- Westwood Academy Academies
- Childhaven Community Nursery School Nursery
- Barrowcliff School Primary
- Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary School Primary
- Cayton Community Primary School Primary
- East Ayton Community Primary School Primary
- Friarage Community Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit teach?
- Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a special school in Scarborough.
- Has Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit?
- Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit had 17 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Does Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Scarborough Pupil Referral Unit. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.