Pinderfields Hospital PRU
The Wrenthorpe Centre, Imperial Avenue, Wakefield, WF2 0LW
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Shaun Booth
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 29
- Pupils on roll
- 104
- URN
- 139560
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01924298351
About this school
Pinderfields Hospital PRU is a special school in Wakefield. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 104 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Pinderfields Hospital PRU, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 8 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Trends over time
How Pinderfields Hospital PRU 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 | 80 |
| 2023/24 | 91 |
| 2024/25 | 93 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.34%
- English as an additional language
- 12.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hall Cliffe Primary School0.4 miles
Special schools · Wakefield
-
Silcoates School0.6 miles
Independent schools · West Yorkshire
-
Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School1.1 miles
Independent schools · Wakefield
-
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School1.2 miles
Independent schools · Wakefield
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Wakefield Girls' High School1.2 miles
Independent schools · Wakefield
Other schools in Wakefield
- Camphill Wakefield (Pennine Camphill Community Ltd) Other types
- Denby Grange School Special schools
- Enrich Academy Academies
- Evolve Academy Academies
- Hall Cliffe Primary School Special schools
- Hall Cliffe School Special schools
- Hammer Lane Academy Special schools
- Kingsland Primary School Special schools
- Meadowcroft School Special schools
- Crigglestone Nursery School Nursery
- The Castle Nursery School Nursery
- Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Pinderfields Hospital PRU teach?
- Pinderfields Hospital PRU teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Wakefield.
- Who is the headteacher of Pinderfields Hospital PRU?
- The headteacher of Pinderfields Hospital PRU is Mr Shaun Booth, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Pinderfields Hospital PRU been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pinderfields Hospital PRU, 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 Pinderfields Hospital PRU?
- Pinderfields Hospital PRU has 104 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Pinderfields Hospital PRU full?
- Pinderfields Hospital PRU has capacity for 29 pupils and 104 on roll (359%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Pinderfields Hospital PRU a faith school?
- No. Pinderfields Hospital PRU has no designated religious character.
- Does Pinderfields Hospital PRU publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Pinderfields Hospital PRU. 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 1 July 2026.