Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn

Secondary Maintained Accrington 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Report 2026 📊 Attainment 8: 42.7

Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Accrington, Lancashire County Council, teaching 801 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded achievement as Expected standard at its most recent inspection in November 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.7 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 21 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn.

Latest inspection
2025 framework Graded by evaluation area
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum & teachingExpected standard
Attendance & behaviourExpected standard
Personal development & wellbeingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership & governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding Met
S5 Inspection · Inspected 25 Nov 2025 · Published 26 Jan 2026
Read full Ofsted report ↗

Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn.

Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3 Autumn Term starts (Years 7 & 11 only)
  • 4 Autumn Term starts (All years)
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Autumn Term ends
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year’s Day
  • 5 Spring Term starts
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 Spring Term ends
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 Summer Term starts
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 21 Summer Term ends
  • 22–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term starts (Years 7 & 11 only) Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Term starts (All years) Sep 4, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term starts Jan 5, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term ends Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term ends Jul 21, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Jul 22 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year’s Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
42.7 Attainment 8 England 46.1
38.5% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
26.6% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn with Lancashire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.7 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Lancashire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 42.7
Lancashire County Council 45.1 England 46.1 -3.4 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 38.5%
Lancashire County Council 43.5% England 45.4% -6.9 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 34.6
Lancashire County Council 32.7 England 34.9 in line with England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 11
Lancashire County Council 16.6 England 15.5 -4.5 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 26.3%
Lancashire County Council 25.6% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 156
Attendance 26.6% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Lancashire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 26.6%
Lancashire County Council 17.1% England 17.8% +8.8 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 9.4%
Lancashire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% +2.6 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 94% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Lancashire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 94%
Lancashire County Council 90% England 92% +2 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 98%
Lancashire County Council 79% England 83% +15 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.