Mill House School
Old Hall Farm, Whitestitch Lane, Meriden, Meriden, CV7 7JEOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Mill House School is a special school in Meriden for ages 11 to 19. It is one of the 284 schools in Warwickshire. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 24 June 2025, report published 10 September 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 24 June 2025
Pupils arrive at Mill House School with a sense of purpose, excitement and eager to learn. They have a range of difficulties including social, emotional and mental health needs. Many pupils' prior experience of education is negative and disjointed. Staff quickly get to know the pupils. They foster strong and respectful relationships. Pupils know that staff care deeply about them. Staff use their expertise to understand pupils' needs and support them effectively. This helps pupils to re- engage with education, grow in confidence and develop highly respectful attitudes towards others. The school is aspirational for all pupils. It has high expectations of what they can achieve academically. The personalised curriculum supports pupils to succeed in their learning. As a result, pupils achieve well and are extremely well prepared for the next stage in their education. The school is deeply committed to the personal development and well-being of its pupils. It ensures that pupils benefit from the rich and varied offer. This includes regular visits to a local residential home where pupils build positive relationships with the residents and staff. Pupils speak with pride about their roles and responsibilities. For instance, pupils relish spending time with the ponies and mucking out the animals. These opportunities build pupil's confidence, strengthens their communication skills and widens their horizons.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects, assessment information is not used effectively to respond to gaps in pupils' knowledge. This affects how well pupils make gains in knowledge. The school should ensure that teachers have the expertise they need in order to use assessment effectively across the curriculum to enable pupils to access learning in the depth they are capable of.
- The curriculum does not support some pupils to secure the important foundational knowledge that they need to be successful in their transcription skills. As a result, some pupils struggle to write grammatically accurate sentences with fluency. The school should ensure that pupils are secure with foundational knowledge and apply this in their writing across the curriculum.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
6 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
40 pupils on roll, with places for 60
Schools near Mill House School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Island Project School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Woodlands | 4 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 0% met the expected standard |
| Corley Academy | 4 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | Attainment 8: 10.3 |
| Kingsbury Academy | 4 miles | Ofsted judgements: Outstanding | 0% met the expected standard |
| Sherbourne Fields School | 5 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | Attainment 8: 0.9 |
School details
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Sector
- Independent
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Selective
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Fyfe
- Phone
- 01676478177
- Address
- Old Hall Farm, Whitestitch Lane, Meriden, Meriden, CV7 7JE
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- URN
- 148398
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.