Boldon School
Community school · 1,043 pupils
70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.1
Community school
Mortimer Community College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,139of 1,156 places
- Free school meals
- 42.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 212
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 14 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Mortimer Community College has no sixth form. Of the 207 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 69% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 41% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.9 against 46.1 across England and 42.7 in South Tyneside, with 35% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Mortimer Community College is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in South Tyneside and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Mortimer Community College | South Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 207 | 1,625 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 82% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 27% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| — further education college | 69% | 52% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Mortimer Community College | South Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.9 | 42.7 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 43% | 35% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.77 | 3.74 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 44% | 37% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.6 | 33.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.1 | 48.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 12% | 7% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 211 | 100% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 75% |
| English Language | 209 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 60% |
| English Literature | 200 | 94% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 163 | 77% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 50% |
| History | 100 | 47% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 48% |
| Geography | 99 | 47% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 52% |
| Spanish | 86 | 41% | 19% | 15% | 27% | 71% |
| Business Studies | 77 | 36% | 18% | 12% | 20% | 52% |
| Biology | 48 | 23% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 73% |
| Chemistry | 48 | 23% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 73% |
| Physics | 48 | 23% | 23% | 23% | 46% | 65% |
| Fine Art | 34 | 16% | 9% | 12% | 28% | 88% |
| Religious Studies | 30 | 14% | 31% | 17% | 32% | 67% |
| Arabic | 7 | 3% | 1% | 43% | 47% | 71% |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 0% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 80 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 43 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 38 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 28 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 26 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in South Tyneside
Harton Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,599 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
Hebburn Comprehensive School
Community school · 857 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Jarrow School
Foundation school · 844 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.6
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,377 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
St Wilfrid's RC College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,271 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.