Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 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
795 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
14.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.3%
Persistent absence
24.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 64.4%
Pakistani 21.4%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 3%
African 2.4%
Indian 1.9%
Other Asian 1.1%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 83%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.5
Local authority average 45
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.04
Local authority average 3.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award35
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE155
English LiteratureGCSE153
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE16
GeographyGCSE69
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
152
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
151
2nd preference
102
3rd preference
106
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
151
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
166
95
71
Year 8
155
74
81
Year 9
154
88
66
Year 10
161
86
75
Year 11
159
61
98
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
81.1%
85.5%
Further education
71.0%
48.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
7.0%
11.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
20.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
13.0%
5.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.3%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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