Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 30 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lancashire
Unique reference
119804
Address
Wordsworth Road, BB5 0LU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
796 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
13.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
31%
Persistent absence
30.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.3%
Pakistani 24.1%
Mixed 4.3%
Other White 3%
African 1.4%
Other Asian 1%
Indian 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.2
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.77
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE151
English LiteratureGCSE149
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
165
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
164
2nd preference
108
3rd preference
106
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
73
87
Year 8
161
93
68
Year 9
161
85
76
Year 10
159
63
96
Year 11
155
71
84
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
63.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
10.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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