The Facts
Browse the many things there are to be POSH about under each of the different categories.
Carmel College
Carmel College is one of the top 5 Colleges in the country and “outstanding in all aspects of its provision" according to OfSTED. In 2007 students maintained a 99% pass rate at A Level with more than half being awarded the top A and B gr...read more...
2 Million New Trees
More than 2 million new trees have been planted in St.Helens in the last 5 or so years thanks to efforts linked to the Mersey Forest, which is the largest of England's 12 Community Forests....
The George Street Cultural Quarter
The George Street Cultural Quarter has now won 18 prestigious regional and national urban design and regeneration awards. These include the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors 2005 Town Centre Regeneration award, the Royal Town Planning...read more...
Schools for the Future
More than £150million will be spent on further enhancing and modernising the Borough’s secondary schools, thanks to the Council's successful “Building Schools for the Future” bid....
St.Helens College
St.Helens College is currently building a £63million brand new town centre campus to further enhance its excellent teaching facilities and provision....
Double Award-Winning Blackbrook Diversion
The only major new road scheme completed in the Northwest in 2007, and delivered both on time and within budget, the Blackbrook Diversion has scooped two major national awards.
It has won the 2007 Green Civil Engineering Projec...read more...
Recycling Award
The Town Centre Focal Point public realm renovation and contractors Mayfield have won the 2007 Green Apple award for the 97+% recycling rate achieved by the project....
Town Centre Redevelopment
St.Helens Town Centre’s public realm is being comprehensively refurbished at a cost of £6.3million, utilising design concepts from Europe’s leading cities....
3 New Urban Villages
Three new Urban Villages, comprising more than 2,200 new homes, are currently under construction....
