Secondary
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn
Wordsworth Road, Accrington, BB5 0LU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 801 of 810 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 74.7
- Pupils per adult
- 10.7
- Pupils
- 796
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2025
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
November 2017
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
39%
Level with the Accrington average (39% across 5 schools)
42.7
0.7 above the Accrington average (42.0 across 5 schools)
2nd of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Accrington we can score - 6 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.05 |
| Entered the EBacc | 83% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39% |
| 22/23 | 35% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 39% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.20 |
| 22/23 | -0.04 |
| 23/24 | +0.38 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.5 |
| 22/23 | 43.2 |
| 23/24 | 42.5 |
| 24/25 | 42.7 |
Wordsworth Road, Accrington, BB5 0LU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Lancashire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Xavier Bowers
- Address
- Wordsworth Road, Accrington, BB5 0LU
- Telephone
- 01254233458