Mortimer Community College

Reading Road, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, NE33 4UG

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About this school

Mortimer Community College is a Community school serving secondary age pupils, located in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear. The school has 1,111 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (last overall grade). Last inspected 14 January 2025. The Headteacher is Simon Hignett. The school is administered by South Tyneside local authority.

School details

Headteacher

Simon Hignett

Local authority

South Tyneside

Gender

Mixed

URN

108727

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Mortimer Community College are handled by the school or the local authority (South Tyneside). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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