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Pilgrim PRU

  • Pilgrim PRU
    Darwin Centre for Young People
    Block 19
    Fulbourn Old Drift
    Fulbourn
    Cambridge
    CB21 5EE
  • Head: Mrs Nora Oakes
  • T 01223 885 863
  • E nora.oakes@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
  • A state special school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 18.
  • Boarding: No
  • Local authority: Cambridgeshire
  • Religion: Non-denominational
  • Ofsted:
    • Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
      • 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
      • Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
      • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
      • Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
      • Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
    • 1 Full inspection 22nd November 2023
  • Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 12th September 2011
  • Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report

What the school says...

The Pilgrim PRU is based on 2 sites although it contains 4 distinct centres.
On the Fulbourn site, there are 3 centres:
The Darwin Centre which caters for adolescents with psychiatric disorders,
The Croft Centre which provides assessment for pupils aged 4- 13 and
The Phoenix Centre which is for pupils with eating disorders.
The 2nd site is the hospital school at Addenbrookes' which is a renowned teaching hospital in Cambridge.
In their last Ofsted inspection (2009), The Pilgrim PRU achieved outstanding. ...Read more

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