Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit is a pupil referral unit in Cramlington for boys and girls aged 6 to 14. It has 38 pupils, 6 more than it has places for. About 68 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2020.
Pit Lane, Front Street, Cramlington, NE23 7EB01670 719529pru.northumberland.sch.ukMr Richard Carr headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 6 February 2020, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A later, shorter visit on 14 May 2025 said: “Standards maintained”.
This inspection is more than 6 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2025 | Ungraded | Standards maintained |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Northumberland council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (18), emotional and mental health (9), Specific learning difficulty (4), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 38 | 31 | 35 | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 68% | 55% | 80% | 76% | 0% | 50% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 3% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 68% | 89% | 91% | 100% | 50% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 7% | 3% | 5% | 0% | 50% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seghill First School | Council | 430 m | 105 | Good 2024 | 33 | Compare |
| Seaton Delaval First School | Council | 0.7 miles | 161 | Good 2022 | 53 | Compare |
| Seaton Valley High School | Council | 1.2 miles | 656 | Not inspected | 33 | Compare |
| Whytrig Middle School | Council | 1.2 miles | 330 | Report card 2026 | 7 | Compare |
| Cragside CofE Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 1.3 miles | 336 | Good 2022 | 63 | Compare |
| Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy | Academy | 1.5 miles | 189 | Good 2023 | 64 | Compare |
| New Hartley First School | Council | 1.6 miles | 165 | No overall grade 2025 | 70 | Compare |
| Fordley Primary School | Foundation | 1.7 miles | 377 | No overall grade 2024 | 40 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit a good school?
Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in February 2020.
What is Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit good at its last full inspection on 6 February 2020. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.
How many pupils does Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit have?
38 pupils aged 6 to 14 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 32 places, so it is 119% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Pit Lane, Front Street, Cramlington, NE23 7EB
- Telephone
- 01670 719529
- Website
- www.pru.northumberland.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Carr
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 6-14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Ward
- Seghill with Seaton Delaval
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 1998
- URN
- 132130 · LAESTAB 9291100 · UKPRN 10016697
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.