A good community school school in South Tyneside. Explore Ofsted ratings, admissions information, and performance data for Mortimer Community College.
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Welcome from Head Teacher Simon Hignett. Mortimer aims to be a top performing and improving school with priorities on students’ safety and well-being and the continuing improvement of teaching and learning, emphasising pride, respect, ambition and resilience.
Mortimer Community College seeks to meet the needs of all of our students on an individual basis with consideration for the community of which they are a part. We recognise all of our students as individuals and that it is their entitlement to feel valued, recognised and rewarded. All of our students will be given the appropriate support and guidance ensuring they achieve their full potential. Provision: Mortimer Community College has clear structures in place to ensure that all students achieve to the best of their ability. Students are organised into year groups managed by non-teaching Heads of Year. Who along with their form tutor have the responsibility to overview each student in their form group including aspects such as performance, behaviour and discipline. In turn the overview of S.E.N. is maintained by the Assistant Headteacher (S.E.N.) and the schools SENCO and SEN team. Students with learning difficulties may be supported in a number of ways either by in-class support, small teaching sets (still with the possibility of support) or one-to-one via withdrawal from lessons, or through voluntary attendance at lunchtimes or after school sessions. Students who have low levels of literacy skills are given catch-up lessons in timetabled ‘Basic Skills’ lessons in our Learning Zone.
Mortimer Community College admissions policy is part of the local authority coordinated scheme. Parents/carers must complete an application form for admission into secondary school. The application form can be downloaded at South Tyneside Council School Admissions webpage and must be returned online or by post by Friday 31st October 2025 at 4.30pm. Offers are notified on Monday 2nd March 2026. For questions contact the Schools Admissions team on 0191 424 7704 or [email protected].
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