Pace
Pace is a pupil referral unit in St Helens for boys and girls aged 5 to 11. It has 16 pupils. About 56 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Derbyshire Hill Road, St Helens, WA9 2LH01744 412850alternativeprovision.st-helens.sch.ukMr Michael Power teacher in chargeAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 17 June 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2024 | Ungraded | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to St. Helens council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (14), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Moderate learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 56% | 69% | 63% | 33% | 67% | 80% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 81% | 100% | 100% | 33% | 100% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 19% | 0% | 0% | 67% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Oak Community Primary School | Council | 250 m | 630 | No overall grade 2024 | 18 | Compare |
| Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 420 m | 213 | Not inspected | 45 | Compare |
| Lansbury Bridge School | Council | 530 m | 236 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Mill Green School | Council | 590 m | 168 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| St. Cuthbert's Catholic Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 549 | No overall grade 2024 | 49 | Compare |
| Allanson Street Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 454 | Good 2024 | 47 | Compare |
| St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 1.0 miles | 381 | Good 2023 | 20 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Pace a good school?
Pace doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in June 2025.
What is Pace's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Pace not judged at its last full inspection on 17 June 2025.
How many pupils does Pace have?
16 pupils aged 5 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026.
Does Pace have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Derbyshire Hill Road, St Helens, WA9 2LH
- Telephone
- 01744 412850
- Website
- www.alternativeprovision.st-helens.sch.uk
- Teacher In Charge
- Mr Michael Power
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Ward
- Parr
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 104757 · LAESTAB 3421100 · UKPRN 10077027
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.