Paces School for Conductive Education
Paces School for Conductive Education is a non-maintained special school in Sheffield for boys and girls aged 3 to 18. It has 61 pupils and room for 65. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Thorncliffe Hall, Newton Chambers Road, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 2PH0114 284 5298paces-school.org.ukMiss Elizabeth Bell headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 13 June 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
6 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
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 Sheffield council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, severe learning difficulties.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Sheffield with moderate learning difficulties provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Physical disability (48), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (11), Other difficulty or disability (1), Severe learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 61 | 55 | 54 | 46 | 43 | 36 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 26% | 24% | 24% | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 2% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 87.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 12.4% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 14.1% | 15.5% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 11.3% | 11.5% | 11.8% | 12.8% | 14.7% | 8.9% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.1% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 50.0% | 59.6% | 51.1% | 42.5% | 45.2% | 36.0% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy | Academy | 120 m | 169 | Report card 2026 | 73 | Compare |
| High Green Primary School | Council | 480 m | 198 | No overall grade 2024 | 23 | Compare |
| Greengate Lane Academy | Academy | 520 m | 182 | Good 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| Angram Bank Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 199 | Report card 2026 | 31 | Compare |
| Lound Infant School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 142 | Good 2022 | 44 | Compare |
| Lound Junior School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 195 | Good 2022 | 25 | Compare |
| Park House School | Independent | 1.2 miles | 20 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Windmill Hill Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 266 | Good 2022 | 28 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Paces School for Conductive Education a good school?
Paces School for Conductive Education doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in June 2024.
What is Paces School for Conductive Education's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Paces School for Conductive Education good at its last full inspection on 13 June 2024.
How many pupils does Paces School for Conductive Education have?
61 pupils aged 3 to 18 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 65 places, so it is 94% full.
What is attendance like at Paces School for Conductive Education?
Pupils were in school 87.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 50% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does Paces School for Conductive Education have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, severe learning difficulties. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does Paces School for Conductive Education have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Thorncliffe Hall, Newton Chambers Road, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 2PH
- Telephone
- 0114 284 5298
- Website
- www.paces-school.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Elizabeth Bell
- Type of school
- Non-maintained special school (Non-maintained special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 3-18, with nursery, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Ward
- West Ecclesfield
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 6 March 2009 (former independent)
- URN
- 135815 · LAESTAB 3737044 · UKPRN 10027310
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- 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.