Mortimer Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 17 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
30.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.4%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award25
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Speech & DramaTechnical Award24
ArabicGCSE5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE52
BengaliGCSE4
BiologyGCSE41
Business Studies:SingleGCSE79
ChemistryGCSE41
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Mortimer Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
239
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
290
2nd preference
193
3rd preference
72
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
232
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
81.2%
86.5%
Further education
65.0%
54.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
9.0%
25.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
8.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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