Mortimer Community College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.763 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mortimer Community College is a secondary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Mortimer Community College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.763 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility is 42.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33.3% across the 7 nearest secondary schools in South Tyneside.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 269 first-choice applications for 239 offers; 221 offers went to first-choice families and 48 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 1.763 miles, the 2nd longest of 8 South Tyneside secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 41.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Reading Road, South Shields, NE33 4UG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 1,139 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils speak highly of this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “The school does a considerable amount of work to support the local community and charities.”
- “This work encourages pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ positive pastoral experience is not matched by their academic outcomes.”
- “However, in several subjects, this ambition is not realised.”
- “Pupils, including the most disadvantaged, achieve less well than their peers nationally.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 269 first-preference applications, 239 offers in total, 221 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in South Tyneside.
- St Wilfrid's RC College 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harton Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Boldon School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Jarrow School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitburn Church of England Academy 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hebburn Comprehensive School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy 4.1 mi Good Last distance published