Mortimer Community College
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Sept 18 2019 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Unique reference
- 108727
- Address
- Reading Road, NE33 4UG
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1096 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.2%
- Girls
- 48.8%
- First language not English
- 9.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 40.4%
- Persistent absence
- 30.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 20.4%
White British 84.5%
Bangladeshi 3.9%
Other Asian 2.5%
Mixed 2.4%
Other White 1.8%
Pakistani 1.1%
Other 1.1%
African 1%
Indian 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.51
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.27
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 22%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 29%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 40.8
Local authority average 44.1
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.35
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 33 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 16 |
| Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 23 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 3 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 39 |
| Bengali | GCSE | 4 |
| Biology | GCSE | 42 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 75 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 42 |
| English Language | GCSE | 205 |
Admissions
Mortimer Community College
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 239
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 290
- 2nd preference
- 193
- 3rd preference
- 72
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 232
- 2nd preference
- 7
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.7 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 238 124 114 |
| Year 8 | 216 120 96 |
| Year 9 | 211 101 110 |
| Year 10 | 215 115 100 |
| Year 11 | 216 101 115 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 78.0% 76.6% 85.6% |
Further education | 66.0% 51.3% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 9.0% 24.6% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 0.1% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 3.0% 0.6% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 6.0% 5.5% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 8.0% 7.2% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 8.0% 10.0% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.7% 1.2% |