Pupil Referral Units
Pupil referral units (PRUs) are a type of school, established and maintained by the local authority, that provide education for children who require alternative educational provision.
Many children attending PRUs have been permanently excluded and some are at risk of exclusion. The focus of units are to get pupils back into a mainstream school.
Sandwell has seven Pupil Referral Units, 5 Behaviour Units and 2 Specialist Units,
The Behaviour Units
The Primrose Centre
Holly Lane
Smethwick
B66 1QN
Telephone: 0121 558 4023.
The Centre caters for 18 places and takes primary aged children (KS2)who have been permanently excluded or who are at risk of permanent exclusion from across Sandwell.
Oakham Centre
Darbys Hill Road
Tividale
Oldbury
B69 1SG
Telephone: 01384 212007 Fax: 01384 231457
The Centre caters for young people (KS3), who have been permanently excluded or are at risk of permanent exclusion due to behavioural difficulties. The majority of pupils are from schools within the west collaborative. The aim of the centre is to carry out intervention work with pupils that will enable them to return to mainstream school or other appropriate educational provision.
Ruskin House
3 Ruskin House
Holly Lane
Smethwick
B67 7JB
Telephone: 0121 558 5181.
The Centre provides educational provision for pupils (KS3) who have been permanently excluded or are at the risk of permanent exclusion due to behavioural difficulties. The majority of pupils are from the south collaborative. The aim of the centre is to carry out intervention work with pupils that will enable them to return to mainstream school or other appropriate educational provision.
The Bridge Centre
4 Arden Road
Smethwick
B67 6AL
Telephone: 0121 558 0275.
The Centre offers 54 places to young people between the ages of 14-16 years of age (KS4) who have been excluded from mainstream education. The Centre places a strong emphasis on preparing young people for the world of work, personal well-being and for being a good citizen.
Wodens Rise
c/o Wodensborough CTC
Hydes Road
Wednesbury
WS10 0DR
Telephone: 0121 502 4611
Woden's Rise is part of a collaborative that includes six secondary schools in the North of the Authority. It is co-located with Wodensborough CTC and opened in September 2008. The Unit provides for permanently excluded pupils and those at risk of exclusion with full reintegration as an aim for all pupils (KS3).
Specialist Units
Batmanshill Unit
Adams Close
Princess End
Tipton
DY4 9LJ
Telephone: 0121 557 5047
Batmanshill Unit offers support for young parents and creates an educational environment for young women via methodologies and tools appropriate to personal need and aspiration. It also provides nursery provision.
Whiteheath Education Centre
Throne Road
Rowley Regis
B65 9JP
Telephone: 0121 559 4623
The Service consists of three parts: -
- Capacity for 40 pupils
- Home-tuition service
- School room at Sandwell General Hospital catering for school-age patients
- For medical reasons these may be physical, psychological or psychiatric.