Mill Green School
Lansbury Avenue, Parr, St Helens, WA9 1BU
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Sean Lenahan
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 170
- Pupils on roll
- 168
- URN
- 131022
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744678760
About this school
Mill Green School is a community special school in St Helens. It teaches children aged 14 to 19 and has 168 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 25 | 36 | 39 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mill Green School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 116 |
| 2023/24 | 135 |
| 2024/25 | 151 |
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)
- 40.54%
- English as an additional language
- 2.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.2%
- Persistent absence
- 25.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lansbury Bridge School0.1 miles
Special schools · St Helens
-
Pace0.4 miles
Local authority maintained schools · St Helens
-
This Is My Education - TIME1.4 miles
Special schools · St Helens
-
Launchpad Centre1.5 miles
Local authority maintained schools · St Helens
-
Willow Bank School1.8 miles
Special schools · Newton-le-Willows
Other schools in St Helens
- Ascent Autism Specialist College Other types
- Lansbury Bridge School Special schools
- Launchpad Centre Local authority maintained schools
- Pace Local authority maintained 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 year groups does Mill Green School teach?
- Mill Green School teaches children aged 14 to 19. It is a special school in St Helens.
- Who is the headteacher of Mill Green School?
- The headteacher of Mill Green School is Mr Sean Lenahan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mill Green School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mill Green School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Mill Green School?
- Mill Green School has 168 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 19.
- Is Mill Green School full?
- Mill Green School has capacity for 170 pupils and 168 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mill Green School a faith school?
- No. Mill Green School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Mill Green School have?
- The schools register lists Mill Green School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Mill Green School's absence rate?
- Mill Green School's overall absence rate is 8.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mill Green School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mill Green School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 30 June 2026.