Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School

Voluntary aided school in Lancashire, England

53°44′42″N 2°22′41″W / 53.74492°N 2.37815°W / 53.74492; -2.37815InformationTypeVoluntary aided schoolMottoSemper FidelisReligious affiliation(s)Roman CatholicLocal authorityLancashireDepartment for Education URN119804 TablesOfstedReportsHeadteacherXavier BowersGenderCoeducationalAge11 to 16Enrolment780 as of December 2022^[update]Websitehttp://mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/

Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Accrington, a town located in the county of Lancashire, England.^[1]

A Roman Catholic school - “A family of faith and learning”. It is a voluntary aided school administered by the Lancashire County Council and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford.^[2] The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as study programs for pupils. The school was formed in 1978 by the merger of the Holy Family, a secondary modern school, and the Paddock House Convent Grammar School, a former direct grant grammar school.

The current Headteacher is Xavier Bowers. In 2019, Paul Dugdale was appointed Deputy Headteacher. In April 2020, Caroline Farrelly was appointed Deputy Headteacher. Farrelly was previously an Assistant Headteacher at St Monica's High School in Prestwich and Subject Leader of English at The Hollins.^[3]

Notable former pupils

Helen Briggs, actor
Richard Chaplow, footballer
Matthew O'Neill, footballer

References

^ "Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School". mountcarmelhigh.co.uk.
^ "Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Our school ... Mount Carmel RC High School". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 21 October 2002.

External links

Official website

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Further education

Defunct

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Hyndburn

Transport

Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company Accrington Corporation Tramways
Railway stations	Accrington Church & Oswaldtwistle Huncoat Rishton
Disused stations	Baxenden Great Harwood

Sport

Media

Education

Accrington Academy
Accrington and Rossendale College
Heathland School
The Hollins
The Hyndburn Academy
Mount Carmel RC High School
Rhyddings
St Christopher's Church of England High School

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History

Politics

Council elections 1976 79 80 82 95 96 98 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15 16
Constituencies: Accrington Hyndburn North East Lancashire By-election: 1880

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