Bishopton PRU
Marsh House Avenue, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 3HB
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Ages
- 7 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ATOMIX EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Gillian Warby Sara Gummerson
- Sponsor
- Tees Valley Collaborative Trust
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Stockton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 63
- URN
- 148601
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642566369
About this school
Bishopton PRU is a special academy in Stockton-on-Tees. It teaches children aged 7 to 16 and has 63 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bishopton 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Urgent improvement
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding
- Not met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Trends over time
How Bishopton 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 | 59 |
| 2023/24 | 62 |
| 2024/25 | 67 |
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)
- 77.61%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ash Trees Academy0.6 miles
Academies · Billingham
-
King Edwin School1.9 miles
Special schools · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Elmbank Learning Centre2.1 miles
Special schools
-
Red House School2.2 miles
Independent schools · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Hopefields Education CiC2.6 miles
Special schools · Middlesbrough
Other schools in Stockton-on-Tees
- Abbey Hill Academy Academies
- Green Gates Academy Academies
- King Edwin School Special schools
- Westlands Academy Academies
- Bader Primary School Primary
- Barley Fields Primary Primary
- Bowesfield Primary School Primary
- Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Primary
- Crooksbarn Primary School Primary
- Durham Lane Primary School Primary
- Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bishopton PRU teach?
- Bishopton PRU teaches children aged 7 to 16. It is a special school in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Who is the headteacher of Bishopton PRU?
- The headteacher of Bishopton PRU is Ms Gillian Warby Sara Gummerson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bishopton PRU been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bishopton 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 Bishopton PRU?
- Bishopton PRU has 63 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 16.
- Is Bishopton PRU full?
- Bishopton PRU has capacity for 80 pupils and 63 on roll (79%), so it has space against 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 Bishopton PRU a faith school?
- No. Bishopton PRU has no designated religious character.
- Is Bishopton PRU part of an academy trust?
- Bishopton PRU is part of ATOMIX EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Bishopton PRU have?
- The schools register lists Bishopton PRU's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- Does Bishopton 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 Bishopton 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 10 July 2026.