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
- 30.2%
- 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 | 25 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 17 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 24 |
Arabic | GCSE | 5 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 52 |
Bengali | GCSE | 4 |
Biology | GCSE | 41 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 79 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 41 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 1 |
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 | 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% |