Pupil Referral Units Annette Brooke To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupil referral units have been placed in special measures in the last 18 months; and in which local authority areas such units are. Jim Knight [holding answer 23 February 2009]: This is a matter for Ofsted. HMCI Christine Gilbert will be replying and a copy will be placed in the House Libraries. Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 4 March 2009: Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response. The following table shows the pupil referral units that have been placed in special measures from the 1 April 2007 to the 31 December 2008. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |URN |School name |LA name | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |120769|Central Area Pupil Referral Unit |Norfolk | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |113657|Pupil Referral Unit, Poole |Poole | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |131193|Havering KS4 PRU |Havering | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |125813|Area B - Out of School Learning Service |West Sussex | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |108754|Sunderland Pupil Referral Unit |Sunderland | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |134298|Mill Road Pupil Referral Unit, Ipors Centre|Liverpool | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |115838|The Bridge Education Centre |Hampshire | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |134880|Burton PRU |Staffordshire | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |112096|West Cumbria Learning Centre |Cumbria | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |133755|Lansdown Tuition Centre |Bath and North East Somerset| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |134348|Student Support Service PRU |Leicestershire | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |134522|The Ruiz Centre |Walsall | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The number and lists of schools causing concern are published each term on the Ofsted website. A copy of this reply has been sent to the right hon. Jim Knight, MP, Minister of State for Schools and learners, and will be placed in the Library of both Houses.