Mount Carmel RC High School
Address
Wordsworth Road Accrington Lancashire , BB5 0LU England
Coordinates	53°44′42″N 2°22′41″W / 53.74492°N 2.37815°W / 53.74492; -2.37815
Information
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/

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]

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