Mortimer Community College
About the school
Mortimer Community College is an open secondary school in South Tyneside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 14 January 2025
- Published
- 2 April 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 41.9
- South Tyneside
- 42.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- South Tyneside
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 35.40%
- South Tyneside
- 38.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 63.70%
- South Tyneside
- 60.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 42.50%
- South Tyneside
- 35.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.77
- South Tyneside
- 3.74
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1111
Girls
47.79%
Boys
52.21%
SEN support
20.07%
Education, health and care plan
1.17%
English as an additional language
8.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
48.69%
Overall absence
11.42
Persistent absence
33.56
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
207
Sustained education or employment
89%
Education
83%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
8%