Carmel College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 20 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Darlington
Unique reference
137622
Address
The Headlands, DL3 8RW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1344 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
16.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.5%
Persistent absence
18.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.4%
Other White 10.8%
Indian 4.7%
Mixed 3.1%
African 2.2%
Other 1.2%
Other Asian 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Unclassified 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 63%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.2
Local authority average 46.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.75
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award14
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & DesignGCSE36
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Carmel College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
216
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
251
2nd preference
166
3rd preference
73
From another Local Authority
53
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
214
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
23
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 classes19.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
213
116
97
Year 8
214
105
109
Year 9
218
107
111
Year 10
210
109
101
Year 11
213
95
118
Year 12
138
57
81
Year 13
138
61
77
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
14.0%
34.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
61.0%
13.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
14.0%
33.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
67.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
21.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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