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Bridge Achievement Centre

All-through · Pupil referral unit

Stephenson Street, Newport NP19 0RB · 01633 656656

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Overview

Estyn
Inspected March 2018
Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
Local authority
Newport

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Estyn

Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in March 2018. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Standards unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement; Wellbeing and attitudes to learning unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement; Teaching and learning experiences adequate and needs improvement; Care, support and guidance unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement; Leadership and management unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement.

Last full inspection
March 2018
Published 17 May 2018
Latest report
Mar 2025
Interim visit letter

Estyn page

Judgements · 2017 framework

StandardsUnsatisfactory
Wellbeing and attitudes to learningUnsatisfactory
Teaching and learning experiencesAdequate
Care, support and guidanceUnsatisfactory
Leadership and managementUnsatisfactory

Recommendations · March 2018

  1. Improve leadership to ensure that there is a strong, strategic vision for the PRU
  2. Improve procedures for quality assurance and improvement planning to focus on pupil progress and the standards they achieve
  3. Address the shortcomings in safeguarding procedures identified during the core inspection
  4. Reduce the variability in the quality of teaching across the PRU and strengthen the planning and provision for skills
  5. Enhance the curriculum and the learning opportunities at key stage 4 to enable pupils to follow their desired learning pathways
  6. Improve punctuality and attendance and strengthen the procedures to monitor attendance across the PRU

All reports

  • Mar 2025Interim visit letter
  • Mar 2022Monitoring visit
  • Mar 2018Inspection reportLast full
  • Mar 2018Inspection report6 recommendations
    1. Improve leadership to ensure that there is a strong, strategic vision for the PRU
    2. Improve procedures for quality assurance and improvement planning to focus on pupil progress and the standards they achieve
    3. Address the shortcomings in safeguarding procedures identified during the core inspection
    4. Reduce the variability in the quality of teaching across the PRU and strengthen the planning and provision for skills
    5. Enhance the curriculum and the learning opportunities at key stage 4 to enable pupils to follow their desired learning pathways
    6. Improve punctuality and attendance and strengthen the procedures to monitor attendance across the PRU

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