Pace
Derbyshire Hill Road, St Helens, WA9 2LH
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Teacher In Charge
- Mr Michael Power
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 16
- URN
- 104757
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744412850
About this school
Pace is a special school in St Helens. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 16 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Pace, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Pace has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | 16 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 75%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lansbury Bridge School0.3 miles
Special schools · St Helens
-
Mill Green School0.4 miles
Special schools · St Helens
-
Willow Bank School1.5 miles
Special schools · Newton-le-Willows
-
This Is My Education - TIME1.7 miles
Special schools · St Helens
-
Launchpad Centre1.8 miles
Local authority maintained schools · St Helens
Other schools in St Helens
- Ascent Autism Specialist College Other types
- Lansbury Bridge School Special schools
- Launchpad Centre Local authority maintained schools
- Mill Green School Special schools
- This Is My Education - TIME Special schools
- Ashurst Primary School Primary
- Bleak Hill Primary School Primary
- Broad Oak Community Primary School Primary
- Carr Mill Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Eaves Primary School Primary
- Eccleston Mere Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Pace teach?
- Pace teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a special school in St Helens.
- Who is the teacher in charge of Pace?
- The teacher in charge of Pace is Mr Michael Power, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Pace been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pace, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Pace?
- Pace has 16 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Pace a faith school?
- No. Pace has no designated religious character.
- Does Pace publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Pace. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.