Mortimer Community College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D44
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- South Shields, NE33 4UG
- Distance
- 0.7km away
St Wilfrid's RC College
Temple Park Road, South Shields, NE34 0QA
Local ranking6th of 8 secondary schools in South Tyneside
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1450
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 8 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 30.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 232
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 64.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 14.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
69
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 144
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1338
- Boys
- 609 (46%)
- Girls
- 729 (54%)
- Capacity
- 1450 (92% full)
- SEND
- 12.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.0%
- EAL
- 11.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 11.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,552/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 79.0%
- Black African: 4.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.1%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Other: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
79.0%
White British
4.2%
Black African
3.1%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Temple Park Road
South Shields, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 142601
- UKPRN
- 10055380
- Establishment No.
- 4604
- Trust
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Often compared with
Parents weighing up St Wilfrid's RC College usually look at the nearest secondary schools too. Put them side by side on results, inspection and intake.
- D44Mortimer Community CollegeCompare side by side
South Shields · 0.7km away
- D53Harton AcademyCompare side by side
South Shields · 1.4km away
- D40Boldon SchoolCompare side by side
Boldon Colliery · 3.0km away
Schools like this
The nearest secondary schools to St Wilfrid's RC College
Harton Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- South Shields, NE34 6DL
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Boldon School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D40
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Boldon Colliery, NE35 9DZ
- Distance
- 3.0km away
Jarrow School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Jarrow, NE32 5PR
- Distance
- 3.8km away
Norham High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- North Shields, NE29 7BU
- Distance
- 4.4km away
Whitburn Church of England Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sunderland, SR6 7EF
- Distance
- 4.8km away