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Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn: data, trends and context

Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn is a secondary school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
119804
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Voluntary aided school
Status
Open
Local authority
Lancashire
Region
North West
Postcode
BB5 0LU
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
801
FSM eligible
35.2%
EAL / First language other than English
14.5%
SEND (total)
13.7%
SEN Support
11.1%
EHCP
2.6%
White British
64.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.6%
Overall absence
9.4%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Severe absence
4.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LancashireLocal authority91.5%8.5%2.8%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
19.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
8.4%
Permanent exclusion rate
1.1%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
42.7
English & maths grade 5+
38.5%
English & maths grade 4+
61.5%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn against 25 similar schools

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Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn is a secondary school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.