# Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn

Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn is a secondary school in Hyndburn, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 801 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E119804. [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 801
- Council: Hyndburn
- URN: 119804

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 25 November 2025
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn was 43.5, against 41.8 in Hyndburn and 46.2 in England.
35.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Hyndburn | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 43.5 | 41.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35.9% | 36.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64.1% | 55.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 156 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/accrington-spring-hill-community-primary-school-e119185): 290 m. Primary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 23% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Fairfield Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairfield-nursery-school-e119086): 390 m. Nursery. Good (overall), October 2023
- [St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-roman-catholic-primary-school-oswaldtwistle-e119660): 650 m. Primary. School remains Good, December 2022. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-oswalds-roman-catholic-primary-school-accrington-e119657): 650 m. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Peter's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-cofe-primary-school-e119386): 740 m. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Rhyddings](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rhyddings-e148921): 840 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 33.9 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/119804)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/119804)

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