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Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Voluntary aided
Wordsworth Road, Accrington BB5 0LU · mountcarmelhigh.lancs.sch.uk · 01254 233458
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Lancashire 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 801
- 99% of 810 places
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 35.2%
- First language not English
- 14.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 209 families put the school first and 160 places were offered; 72% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 160 | 209 | 1.3▲ | 72% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 152 | 151 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 165 | 164 | 1 | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 159 | 151 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 165 | 148 | 0.9 | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.7, and 38.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lancashire it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲83.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.05 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.9 | −3.8 |
| Sixth form college | 1.3 | — |
| Further education | 71.2 | +8 |
| Other education | 0.7 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.3 | −1.6 |
| Employment | 5.9 | +2.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.5 | −6.8 |
| Activity not captured | 3.3 | +0.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- May 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Oct 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (95 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Positive
- 84%
- Replies
- 95
- 12% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on 19 parents (20%) whose child was bullied
based on 26 parents (27%) with SEND