Carmel College, A Catholic Academy
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| Established | 1974 |
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| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Principal | Maura Regan |
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The Headlands Darlington County Durham DL3 8RW England |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Aidans, Bedes, Cuthberts |
| Colours | Navy Blue and Yellow |
| Website | Carmel College, A Catholic Academy |
Carmel College (formerly Carmel RC College) is a secondary school on The Headlands in Hummersknott, Darlington, England. It also has a sixth form, Carmel College Sixth Form admitting about 150 students each year, compared to the much larger Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College and Darlington College. Following a recent OFSTED inspection, Carmel was graded as outstanding in all categories.
The current principal is Miss Maura Regan.
It is the town's only Catholic secondary school. It has four main feeder schools at Primary level. These are St Teresa's RC Primary, St Bede's RC Primary, St Augustine's RC Primary and Holy Family RC Primary. There is also another school, 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 College: a Catholic Academy has eight forms which consist of C, A, R, M, E, L and J, P (from former Pope John Paul II) with three houses St. Aidans, St. Bedes and St. Cuthberts.
It began life as St Mary's Grammar School, a boys' grammar school, becoming comprehensive and co-educational in September 1974 when it merged with the Immaculate Conception Grammar School, a girls' Catholic grammar school.
The modern-day "St. Mary's" building, also known as Hummersknott House, has long been rumoured to be haunted by the college ghost, Harriet. Many a student and staff member has been told of the story of Harriet, who fell down some stairs when a student there.
The John Caden Hall was opened by former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair in 2004, and is named after Father John Caden, who died in 2013.
Carmel recently underwent a multimillion-pound building project, which included three brand new teaching blocks and the refurbishment of many of the old facilities. This was completed in Summer 2008, and were opened for students in September 2008. They were officially opened by Alan Milburn, Member of Parliament for Darlington, whilst the science department was also opened by Tony Blair. Carmel also upgraded its Sixth Form facilities; expanding the common room and providing a learning resource centre in the schools library. This was carried out in Summer 2010, and opened the following school year. The canteen areas were also refurbished at this time.
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