Launchpad Centre
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Launchpad Centre is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 11–16, located in St Helens, North West.
The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 66 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2022
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
67%Boys
33%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- PRU
- Age range
- 11 – 16
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 66
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
School remains Good
Ungraded inspection on 23 June 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2017 | Good | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Good |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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