Earl Mortimer College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 12 2023 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
Not applicable
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Unique reference
116941
Address
South Street, HR6 8JJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
539 (63% of total capacity)
Boys
52.3%
Girls
47.7%
First language not English
13.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
28%
Persistent absence
30.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.2%
Other White 10.9%
Mixed 2.9%
Indian 1.3%
Irish 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
African 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.75
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.6
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.29
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE13
ChemistryGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE84
English LiteratureGCSE79
FrenchGCSE19
GeographyGCSE39
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Earl Mortimer College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
107
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
88
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
17
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
88
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
130
64
66
Year 8
127
74
53
Year 9
111
69
42
Year 10
86
42
44
Year 11
85
33
52
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
82.4%
85.6%
Further education
42.0%
37.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
2.0%
9.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
29.0%
35.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
6.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
6.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
4.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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