Carmel RC Technology College

"For schools of the same name, see Carmel College".

Carmel RC Technology College is a secondary school on "The Headlands" in Hummersknott, Darlington. The school holds specialist Technology College status.

Admissions

It is the town's only Catholic secondary school. It has four main feeder schools at Primary level. These are St Theresa's RC Primary, St Bede's RC Primary, [http://www.schoolnetlinks.com/staugustines/ St Augustine's] RC Primary and [http://www.holyfamilydarlington.ik.org/home.ikml Holy Family] RC Primary. There is also another school, [http://www.abbeyjuniors.org.uk Abbey Road] Junior School, which feeds Carmel; although this school is not Catholic, it is local with Carmel. Carmel also has a sixth form college, which is attached to the school.

Carmel RC Technology College had six forms which consist of C, A, R, M, E, L with three houses St. Aidans, St. Bedes and St. Cuthberts.

History

Parts of the school that have been rebuilt are reaching the end of the building process, with most students in all of their new classrooms. The whole project will be completed over the summer holidays.

The new John Caden Hall was opened by former prime minister Tony Blair, and is named after Father John Caden, who is celebrating sixty years as a priest this year.

Academic performance

Carmel RC Technology has a high rating of passes for GCSEs, A-Levels, AS-Levels. It gets the second best GCSEs in Darlington, and in the top five schools at GCSE in the North East. It performs in the top twenty state schools at A level in the North East.

ee also

* Hummersknott School nearby and also high-performing school with a sixth-form.

External links

* [http://www.carmel.org.uk Carmel RC College]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=114324 EduBase]