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]
Mount Carmel RC High School | |
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Address | |
Wordsworth Road , BB5 0LU England | |
Coordinates | 53°44′42″N 2°22′41″W / 53.74492°N 2.37815°W |
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Type | Voluntary aided school |
Motto | Semper Fidelis |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Local authority | Lancashire |
Department for Education URN | 119804 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Xavier Bowers |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 16 |
Enrolment | 780 as of December 2022[update] |
Website | http://mountcarmelhigh.co.uk/ |
Being 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.[citation needed]
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
edit- Helen Briggs, actor
- Richard Chaplow, footballer
- Joe O'Neill, footballer
- Matthew O'Neill, footballer
- Joel Pilkington, footballer
References
edit- ^ "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.
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