FAMILY
Visitors always comment on the warm welcome they receive and the ‘family’ atmosphere at Mount Carmel.- Heads of Year, Form Tutors and Pastoral Support Officers are focused on all aspects of achievement, wellbeing and behaviour as well as day to day issues
- Approximately 80 prefects in Year 11 and 30 Peer Mentors in Years 9 and 10 help staff ensure that everybody is safe and happy.
- A very active and supportive PTA group meet regularly and support numerous school events.
- Parents’ evenings – a chance to speak to your child’s teachers about their progress.
Mount Carmel RC High School is outstanding in its welcome and care for one another and visitors. The school actively seeks to engage with and support members of the community.”
Diocese of Salford Inspection Report – October 2014
FAITH
Our pupils experience daily prayer & worship- Salford Diocese inspection graded us ‘outstanding’ in our Welcome, Welfare & Witness.
- Multi-cultural and multi-faith celebrations & activities help develop and support community cohesion.
- Our Lay Chaplain works with pupils across the schools partnership.
- The G.I.F.T. (Growing in Faith Together) pupil team arrange liturgies in school.
- The Youth St. Vincent de Paul (YSVP) group visit local residential homes to offer companionship and friendship to the elderly.
“Mount Carmel demonstrates a high level of respect and care for each person as being made in the image and likeness of God.”
Diocese of Salford Inspection Report – October 2014
LEARNING
We are completely focused on all pupils' progress- Higher attaining students are stretched by more challenging teaching and an enhanced extra-curricular programme.
- Individual support programmes are developed for pupils with additional needs to break down barriers to learning.
- Enrichments to the curriculum include subject specific visits as well as team building residential trips to a wide range of places including Lockerbie in Scotland, Spain and Holland.
“Everyone here, both staff and pupils are all really nice, caring and friendly”
MATTHEW, YR 8 PUPIL
“Mount Carmel RC High School is outstanding in its welcome and care for one another and visitors. The school actively seeks to engage with and support members of the community.”
DIOCESE OF SALFORD INSPECTION REPORT, OCTOBER 2014
Mount Carmel High School were proud to once again be part of the wonderful community Accrington Carnival. The theme of the whole carnival was 'Ages of Accrington' and our school entry celebrated the teenage/youth generation of today. We had a montage of current music playing and our pupils carried music festival flags of many bright colours. They also carried mock mobile phones with 'selfie' images and we highlighted our social media pages. Despite a little hiccup before the start of the procession we managed to continue using a different vehicle and hopefully no one was any the wiser! Thank you to the organisers of the carnival who must have put in a tremendous amount of hard work to make today a success and special thanks to those other participants who tried their best to sort out our problem before the start. Accrington Carnival Accrington Observer North Lancs Training Group (NLTG) @AccoladeLogisitcs and those whose names we didn't know. More photos will follow as soon as possible.
Mount Carmel were visited by St. Peter’s Year 4 class. They had an fun, interactive French lesson organised by Mrs Herbert who introduced them to lots of French words related to food and drinks. They learned how to say phrases to introduce themselves, general greetings as well as polite and courteous words. The pupils were then taken to the Twelve Star Diner and provided with coins to the value of 2 Euros and the pupils were able to choose items for Brunch from a French cafe menu. Mount Carmel Year 9 pupils waited on the pupils taking their orders, serving them and receiving payment for their orders, all spoken in French of course!
The pupils were provided with a certificate and badge to let their friends and family know they were French Superstars and they all left with a smile, saying ‘Au revoir’.
Mount Carmel Hyndburn Girls U15 Cricket champs - well done, a fantastic team 😀🏏🏆
Hyndburn U15 girls cricket champions! Well done girls you were brilliant! Lauren,Abby,Abbie, Haleba, Paige, Hannah, Shannon, Tamara 👍🏻👍🏻
MountCarmelHigh shared Oswaldtwistle, St Andrew's Primary School's post.
Oswaldtwistle, St Andrew's Primary School
We have a vacancy starting in September in our Pre School. The application form can be downloaded here. t.co/NtiE9f0pWP
Mount Carmel had a number of pupils nominated for awards at the Pride of Accrington Youth Awards 2017 which took place at the Brooks Club in Accrington at the weekend. All pupils received certificates from Gary Gaynor, the President of Accrington Lions, and Peter Britcliffe the Mayor of Hyndburn.
Young people from across the Borough had been nominated for their care of others, community improvement, disaster relief, the environment, bravery, sportsperson & musician of the year.
The following Mount Carmel pupils were overall winners of their nominated category, receiving an engraved trophy and certificate;
Alisha – Bravery Award
Charlotte – Caring for Others Award
Maisie – Young Carer
Lenni – Sports Person of the Year Award
The following pupils were nominated and received certificates;
Ellie – Caring for Others/Bravery
Connie – Young Carer/Caring for Others
Gillian – Bravery/Caring for Others
Keely – Sports person of the Year
Avienna – Young Carer/Caring for Others
Alexander – Caring for Others/Bravery
Chloe E – Caring for Others/Bravery
Kierah – Caring for Others
Daanish – Caring for Others/Bravery
Zariyah – Caring for Others
Chloe P – Bravery/Caring for Others
Charlie – Caring for Others
Saskia – Caring for Others
Mount Carmel also received a certificate in recognition of the school’s support to the Accrington Lions and Mrs Fielding received a certificate for community involvement.
Pastoral Manager Mrs Marcinkowski and Partnership Manager Mrs Fielding who attended the Awards event commented “Well done to all the young people of Hyndburn who received nominations and awards. We are especially proud of the Mount Carmel pupils. We see each day how kind and caring they are but it is nice to see them them acknowledged in the wider community. We thank the Accrington Lions for organising the awards presentation.