Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C61
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Accrington, BB5 0LU
- Distance
- 1.8km away
The Hollins
Hollins Lane, Accrington, BB5 2QY
Local ranking44th of 82 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 October 2024. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from The Hollins (URN 119757) since 1 March 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 155
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 794
- Boys
- 396 (50%)
- Girls
- 398 (50%)
- Capacity
- 800 (99% full)
- SEND
- 13.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.8%
- EAL
- 29.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 10.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,643/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 60.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 30.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.2%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
60.3%
White British
30.4%
Asian Pakistani
2.2%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hollins Lane
Accrington, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 148922
- UKPRN
- 10089898
- Establishment No.
- 4195
- Trust
- LET EDUCATION TRUST
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