Mortimer Community College

Reading Road, South Shields, NE33 4UG

Community school for ages 11–16 in South Shields. Mixed intake.

Mortimer Community College is a non-selective community secondary school in South Shields, South Tyneside, for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It is a larger school, with around 1,100 pupils, and 41.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted rated the school Good at its October 2019 inspection, an older rating now more than five years old. The GCSE measures show an Attainment 8 score of 41.9, with 35.4% of pupils achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths.

Ages 11–16 · Secondary

1,111 pupils · On roll

Community school · Mixed

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