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Carmel College, A Catholic Academy 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 Mr Mike Shorten.AdmissionsIt 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.HistoryIt 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.