Amanda Morris-Drake
Headteacher
Welcome!
The Pilgrim PRU is an outstanding alternative provision providing education for children and young people during their stay in hospital. We provide a nurturing, friendly and supportive environment and have high expectations for all our students.
We believe that every student has a fundamental right to education and must be given the opportunity to achieve and continue with their learning at the highest possible level. Every student has unique learning needs, interests and abilities so we aim to provide an individual programme for every student alongside support and encouragement to help them move on to the next stage in their education.
As our logo suggests, we aim to ‘build bridges’ between schools and colleges to allow for a smooth transition back to the students’ home school or the next phase in their learning. We aim to build students’ self-esteem and resilience and give them the tools to manage their future destinations. We firmly believe that all our students can achieve, regardless of their personal circumstances and medical or mental health condition.
Parents cannot apply for their child to attend the Pilgrim PRU. Referrals are made to the hospital through a medical practitioner.
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Addenbrooke’s Cancer Study Day 2019
Addenbrooke's Children with Cancer Study Day was held on Friday 22 November 2019. It is an annual opportunity for schools to meet with hospital teachers and hear presentations from the different hospital departments that support children through their illness. This...
read moreAnimation Poetry Film
Students at the Phoenix School have been working with the Cambridge Junction to create this piece of film.
read moreExam Results – 2019
This year we had four year 11 students with us as part of their admission. We also supported three year 12 students to (re)take Maths and/or English GCSE. We also had one year 11 GCSE student at Addenbrooke's who we have reported on separately as although he studied...
read moreKings College Choir, A Service of Lessons and Carols for Schools
December 4th 2018 Today students from the Phoenix School attended the annual King's College Choir Carols for Schools Concert in King's College Chapel in Cambridge. This was a wonderful opportunity to listen to the world renowned choir perform a version of the iconic...
read moreDarwin Panto
Darwin Centre patients and staff performed their Christmas panto, The Greatest Nativity. Written by service-user Zoe - who played Mary (above) - the audience packed the Conference Centre at Ida Darwin, Cambridge. The show raised nearly £100 for the Trust charity Head...
read moreExam Results – 2018
Last year, following the implementation of Progress and Attainment 8 nationally, the Pilgrim PRU and the management committee consulted on whether to continue to compare ourselves to national standards as we had done historically. We agreed that in accordance with DFE...
read moreAddenbrooke’s Cancer Study Day
Addenbrooke's Children with Cancer Study Day was held on Monday 19 November 2018. It is an opportunity for mainstream schools to learn more about the journey taken by children who are being treated at Addenbrooke's hospital and the specialist support that they...
read moreOfsted Inspection – Nov 2016
On November 15th, 2016, Ofsted inspected the Pilgrim PRU. They last visited us in 2011 and rated us outstanding at the time. After a tour of the four centres; discussing with teachers, pupils and parents, they have once again deemed the Pilgrim PRU as an outstanding...
read moreTerm Dates
Term dates for the academic year 2018/19
read moreRecognitions
