(formally know as Pupil Referral Service)

The Cysgod Y Coed provides education for children and young people experiencing social, emotional and mental health needs, including those who, by reason of illness, exclusion or otherwise, may not receive such education in a mainstream school.  

Cysgod Y Coed offer a variety of high-quality teaching and learning, and holistic person-centred support to empower learners to be ambitious capable learners; enterprising, creative contributors, healthy confident individuals, and ethical, informed citizens.

The Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) element of the service provides a statutory, rapid response often at short notice for those pupils who have been permanently excluded from their school.  It also provides intervention and support for pupils who are at risk of being excluded through nurturing and strengthening the emotional wellbeing and social skills of learners.

Hafan is a specialist resource base for younger learners with complex additional learning needs in the area of social, emotional and mental health.  Hafan provides intervention and support for pupils to develop and improve their emotional wellbeing and regulation, social engagement and enhance progress in learning.  

Cysgod Y Coed also provide EOTAS Medical provision for pupils who are too ill to currently attend school.

Cysgod Y Coed offers an engaging curriculum that focuses on developing learners as effective contributors to society. As well as core subjects, learners also have the opportunity to participate in vocational studies, and are supported in enhancing their social, emotional and wellbeing needs.

Cysgod Y Coed is intended as a short term provision with a focus on supporting the reintegration of learners back into mainstream provision where safe and appropriate.  The PRS has undergone a review, and recent changes reflect the ongoing improvement to the service and include moving into two newly refurbished sites in Chepstow and Abergavenny.

Key Dates

1^st and 2^nd September – INSET Days 1 and 2

21^st September – Parent/Carer engagement event

2^nd November – Parent/Carer surveys and start of November GCSE exams

2^nd December – Progress Check sent home

11^th January – Parent/Carer surveys

15^th February INSET Day 2

1^st – 4^th March – Parent/Carer consultations

15^th April – Parent/Carer engagement event

3^rd May – Bank Holiday

6^th – 18^th June – GCSE exams

25^th June – Year 11 last day, Leavers event and Full Reports

5^th July – Parent/Carer surveys

19^th and 20^th July – disaggregated INSET days (school closed to all pupils)

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School Day:

Time	Activity
9:00 am – 9:10 am	Registration
9:10 am – 10:10 am	Lesson 1
10:10 am – 10:15 am	Movement Break
10:15 am – 11:15 am	Lesson 2
11:15 am – 11:30 am	Break
11:30 am – 12:30 pm	Lesson 3
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Lesson 4
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm	Break
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm	Lesson 5 (EOTAS medical and Hafan pupils pupils only)

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News & Events

Macmillan Coffee Morning PRU North

A huge thanks to all the pupils staff who made the Macmillan Coffee morning in PRU North such a great success last Thursday (25^th September 2025).   PRU North raised £134.85.  The Macmillan Coffee Morning for PRU South will be on Tuesday 7th October.

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