The number of children being taken out of school is rising, with many being excluded over drink and drugs issues.
The two PRUs - in London and North Yorkshire - house children who have been excluded for a range of issues including drug dealing, carrying knives and beating up teachers.
Higher numbers of children are also using newer synthetic drugs, with potentially fatal consequences. Sky News spoke to a number of pupils at the PRUs, including Amy Collins, 17, an ex-pupil at Grove Academy in Harrogate.She said:"I was taking weed, cocaine, all the recreational drugs really. The school didn't really deal with it. They more or less just chuck you out straight away as soon as they find out that you're taking drugs and there's not really much support there in the mainstream schools.
Many of the children Sky News spoke to said mainstream school were yet to recognise the scale of the problem. He said:"Blaming PRUs for grooming children into gangs is the same as blaming hospitals for having too many sick people.
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