Pace
Pupil referral unit · Ages 5–11 · St Helens, St. Helens
Pace is a pupil referral unit in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 5–11. Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025.
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Key facts
- Address
- Derbyshire Hill Road, St Helens, WA9 2LH
- Type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 16 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 1.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pace is a calm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils settle well into their education here.”
- “They start to see school as a positive place to be.”
To improve
- “However, the checks made on pupils’ learning in a small number of subjects do not help staff to identify and address the gaps in pupils’ knowledge as well as they could.”
- “Persistent absence rates are high, especially for those pupils who are new to the school.”
- “However, some pupils do not remember some aspects of PSHE well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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