Mortimer Community College
Ofsted: Good
Score
D44
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- South Shields, NE33 4UG
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Harton Academy
Lisle Road, South Shields, NE34 6DL
Local ranking4th of 8 secondary schools in South Tyneside
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1601
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 February 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 258
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 14.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
149
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 305
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1672
- Boys
- 797 (50%)
- Girls
- 802 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1601 (100% full)
- SEND
- 26.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.0%
- EAL
- 10.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 23.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 107.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,989/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 82.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 10.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Other: 1.4%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
82.5%
White British
10.1%
Asian Bangladeshi
1.9%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Lisle Road
South Shields, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 144204
- UKPRN
- 10063921
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- THE ILLUMINARE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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