Carmel College (St Helens)

For other schools of the same name, see Carmel School (disambiguation).

Carmel College

Established	1987
Administrative staff	34
Students	1,700
Location	St. Helens, England, UK
Website	www.carmel.ac.uk

Carmel College is a sixth form college located in the borough of St Helens, Merseyside.

History

Carmel College is a Roman Catholic mixed sixth form college located in St Helens, Merseyside, England and welcomes students of all faiths. The college opened in 1987 to just over four hundred students and currently has approximately 1,800 students, the majority of whom study AS and A2 courses with the remainder following Level 1 and 2 courses or post-18 courses such as the foundation art diploma or university degrees.

In 1999, Carmel College became the first Associate College of the University of Liverpool offering a range of 4 year Science and Engineering degree courses with the first year of study at Carmel College. In 1999, Carmel also became one of the first of four sixth form colleges in England to be designated a Beacon College. Over the past 3 years, the quality of teaching at Carmel has been consistently in the top 10% of schools and colleges nationally (ALPS: A Level Performance System). In its latest Ofsted inspection, Carmel was judged to be "outstanding in all aspects of its provision." Also noted as being the 9th best in the UK.

The current Principal of Carmel College is Rob Peacock.

Alumni

Johnny Vegas, comedian and actor
Paul Wellens, Great Britain and England international rugby league footballer playing for St Helens RLFC
Jacqui Abbott, female vocalist from The Beautiful South

Ethan Hogan (British Photographer)

Cazz Mather - Vogue editor

Amie Gale - Actress

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Universities and colleges in North West England

Universities	Bolton BPP Central Lancashire Chester Cumbria Edge Hill Lancaster Law Liverpool Liverpool Hope Liverpool John Moores Manchester Manchester Metropolitan Salford

University colleges	Royal Northern College of Music

Further Education colleges	Accrington & Rossendale Blackburn Blackpool & The Fylde Bolton Burnley Bury Carlisle Co-operative Furness Hopwood Hall Hugh Baird Kendal Knowsley Lakes Lancaster & Morecambe Liverpool Macclesfield Manchester Mid Cheshire Myerscough Nelson & Colne Oldham Preston's Reaseheath Riverside Runshaw St Helens Salford South Cheshire Southport Stockport Tameside Trafford Warrington West Cheshire West Lancashire Wigan & Leigh Wirral Metropolitan

Sixth form colleges	Aquinas Ashton Barrow-in-Furness Birkenhead Blackpool Bolton Bolton Wanderers Cardinal Newman Carmel Cheadle & Marple Connell Holy Cross Hyde Clarendon King George V Loreto Oldham Priestley Rainford Rochdale Sir John Deane's St John Rigby St Mary's South Sefton Thomas Whitham Winstanley Xaverian

Schools in St Helens

Secondary schools	Cowley International College De La Salle School Haydock High School Hope Academy Rainford High Technology College Rainhill High School St Augustine of Canterbury RC High School St Cuthbert's RC High School The Sutton Academy

FE & sixth form colleges	Carmel College St Helens College

Coordinates: 53°26′32″N 2°46′11″W / 53.44222°N 2.76972°W / 53.44222; -2.76972

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