Mortimer Community College
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · South Tyneside
Reading Road, South Shields, NE33 4UG
52
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 14/01/2025
Application demand
76%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
88.6%
33.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,139
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,156 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
76%
1st preference success rate
225 of 295 families who put it first got an offer
237
Places offered
567
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 295 | 225 | ● 76% |
| 2nd preference | 198 | 12 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 74 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 567 | 237 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
South Tyneside lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Simon Hignett
- Address
- Reading Road, South Shields, NE33 4UG
- Phone
- 01914566511
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Ward / constituency
- West Park · South Shields
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 108727
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 43% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 9% | — | — |
| SEN support | 20% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,139 pupils · 1,156 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
14 January 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,162 pupils
Attendance
88.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
33.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 36.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.53 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 23% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 45% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.12 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 35.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 42.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.77 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 212 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 211 | 13% | 48% | 75% | |
| English Language | 209 | 10% | 38% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 200 | 12% | 47% | 66% | |
| Combined Science | 163 | 2% | 29% | 50% | |
| History | 100 | 11% | 31% | 48% | |
| Geography | 99 | 14% | 37% | 52% | |
| Spanish | 86 | 15% | 50% | 71% | |
| Business | 77 | 12% | 38% | 52% | |
| Biology | 48 | 27% | 60% | 73% | |
| Physics | 48 | 23% | 46% | 65% | |
| Chemistry | 48 | 29% | 58% | 73% | |
| Art and Design | 34 | 12% | 74% | 88% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through South Tyneside council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.