Eight of our Sixth Form students are involved with the CAFOD Young Leadership Programme. The scheme gives students the leadership skills to tackle social injustice and poverty. Focused on how to make a difference inContinue reading
Holocaust Memorial Day
Students from Year 8 represented the College at the Darlington Council Commemoration event for Holocaust Memorial Day. The theme for this year’s event was ‘The Power of Words.’ There were reflections and poems shared andContinue reading
Pope John Paul II Award
9 of our Year 13 students have recently been awarded the Pope John Paul II Award. This award encourages participants to take an active part both in the life of the Church and in theContinue reading
Chinese New Year Celebrations
On the 8th and 9th of February pupils were given the opportunity to come and celebrate the start of the Year of the Dog by attending a lantern-making workshop run by Miss Sun, Hanban teacher.Continue reading
World Book Day
Celebrating World Book Day at Carmel College, staff dressed up as characters from their favourite books. Staff threw themselves into the challenge with renewed imagination and creativity, inspired and led by our wonderful librarian MrsContinue reading
World RE Week
The RE Department celebrated ‘World Religions Week’ on 12th – 16th March. Along with our usual ‘World Religions’ themed classrooms, we were privileged with the company of a variety of guest speakers. Year 8 classesContinue reading
Medical Day For Aspiring Doctors
Year 10 and 11 students interested in medical careers went to a medical day run at Middlesbrough College by MCS projects for raising aspirations. They heard from medical students on how to apply to MedicalContinue reading
National Citenzship Award
Carmel College has been awarded the National Citizen Service Award for the biggest amount of students who have participated and/or signed up to take part in this. Students in KS4 and KS5 have had introductoryContinue reading
America Trip
During February half term, 34 of our pupils had the amazing opportunity to fly across the Atlantic for an intense week discovering the iconic cities of Washington DC and New York. Beginning in Washington, visitsContinue reading
Lord Glenamara Award
Year 12 student Kate Cowan joined us from The Academy at Shotton Hall with excellent GCSE results. In addition to achieving excellent academic results, Kate has made an impressive commitment to volunteering both in CollegeContinue reading
Lego League Robotics
On January 20th, a team from Carmel travelled over to Teesside University for the annual FIRST Lego League Robotics competition. The competition involved many aspects of problem solving involving the Lego robot, presentation and teamworkContinue reading
Medical Mavericks
Marvellous Medical Mavericks thrilled, educated and excited groups of science, Health and Social Care and Child Development students with a day of interactive medical workshops of data collection, analysis and diagnosis. Students had the excitingContinue reading
Krafty Kritters
Kevin and Su from Krafty Kritters who have backgrounds in animal care, veterinary nursing and zoology gave an inspiring insight into their careers and work in animal therapy helping children and adults with dementia, Alzheimers,Continue reading
Carmel’s Got Talent
The PTA hosted another fantastic event showcasing all the talent that Carmel College students have. An estimated £1000 was raised for the school which will go towards some seating for students during breaks and lunchtimes.
English Schools’ Cross Country Championships
Congratulations to Lucy-Erin Hunter (145) and Daniel Boyer (150), who represented County Durham at the English Schools’ Championships at Temple Newsam Park, Leeds on Saturday 17th March 2018. Despite the appalling weather conditions, Lucy-Erin finished 53rdContinue reading
James Wilcock Wins the Winter Triathlon Final
The Pony Club Winter Triathlon Finals 2018, were held at Stantonbury Leisure Centre, Milton Keynes on Sunday 18th March. Competitors qualified at Area competitions across the three classes, Minimus, Junior and Open, throughout the Winter. SarahContinue reading
Darlington Youth MP
Congratulations to Francis (left), Darlington’s new Youth MP and his deputy David (right) pictured with Cyndi Hughes, Darlington Cabinet member, the Mayor, Cllr Jan Taylor and Jenny Chapman, MP. Francis came 1st out of 5Continue reading
Year 11s v Staff Charity Cricket Match in Aid of Parkinsons Disease
A staff v Pupils Cricket match was played on Wednesday lunchtime on the all weather pitch. The game was organised by Matilda Weir, to raise money for Parkinsons Disease. The year 11s lost narrowly to a staffContinue reading
U16 Rugby Team County 7s Champions
U16 Rugby Team County 7s Champions The U16 rugby team won all of their matches in the Cleveland County 7s tournament held at Allens West on Thursday 22 February. Despite the pitches being very wet andContinue reading
Carmel Ski Course to Falcade, Italy
Over the February half-term holiday, 81 pupils from years 8-10 enjoyed skiing in the Italian Dolomites. They had 5 hours of lessons per day and by the end of the week, all were skiing downContinue reading
Carmel Win Darlington U15 Cricket Tournament
Carmel Girls Cricket team beat Wyvern School in the final of the Darlington U15 Cricket Tournament. They will now represent Darlington in the county finals.
Daniel and Lucy-Erin Selected For National Championships
After finishing in 21st position, in the Intermediate Boys age group, at the Northern Schools’ Inter-County Cross-country at Barnard Castle School on Saturday, Daniel Boyer has qualified for the Durham team (eight runners), for theContinue reading
British Record Long Jumpers Spikes Now On Display in the PE Department
Former Team GB athlete and Olympian Chris Tomlinson, who twice broke the British Long Jump record, has donated the spikes he wore when jumping 8m 35cm to the PE department. They are now on display withContinue reading
Lucy-Erin Wins Durham County Schools’ Cross-Country
Twelve Carmel athletes braved the snow in the Durham County Schools’ Cross Country Championships, which was held at Barnard Castle School on Saturday 20 January. Lucy-Erin Hunter easily won the senior girls event, for the secondContinue reading
Climbing is now on the PE Curriculum
Pupils are now enjoying the new climbing wall, in their PE lessons. They have started off by bouldering to develop their techniques and will move on to climb the many differentiated routes up the wall.Continue reading
Fab Four Selected for County Rugby Team
A huge congratulations to Joe Berry, Sam Berry, Ezra Laundy-Blair and Aaron Fernandes, who have been named in the Durham County Schools’ Rugby U16 squad to face Cumbria this weekend. The game will be played acrossContinue reading
Year 11 Presentation Evening 2017
Carmel College’s Annual Year 11 Presentation evening was, as always, a great showcase of celebration. Over 300 guests attended as Carmel marked the successes of their former Year 11’s, who truly achieved outstanding results withContinue reading
November – The Month of the Holy Souls
During the month of November, we have offered prayers and Mass for those in our family and community who have died. During our Mass for the Feast of All Saints, Father Barrie blessed our TreeContinue reading
Peter Vardy Conferences
Carmel hosted a Peter Vardy conference for GCSE students from across the region. This conference allowed students to get to know the new GCSE specification and exam question styles by one of the leading expertsContinue reading