Secondary school

Earl Mortimer College

  • Community School
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Herefordshire
  • HR6 8JJ
  • Not applicable
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,884 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 88%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 59%59%2016/17: top 77%2017/18: top 83%2018/19: top 76%2021/22: top 74%2022/23: top 81%2023/24: top 80%2024/25: top 88%No exams

Against West Midlands

Attainment 837.5 · West Midlands 44.12/10 Well below West Midlands−17.3 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths31% · West Midlands 39.3%3/10 Below−6.6 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.23 · West Midlands 3.812/10 Well below West Midlands−15.5 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.57 · West Midlands −0.102/10 Well below West Midlands+11.2 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2021/22Not enough data · West Midlands 35.2Suppressed in 2021/22 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 48.9 · 112 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 41.2 · 92 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 39.5 · 81 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 41.1 · 71 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 43.8 · 106 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 39.6 · 97 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 39.7 · 85 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 37.5 · 84 pupils · West Midlands 44.1548.937.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 29% · 92 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 28% · 81 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 21% · 71 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 39% · 106 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 33% · 97 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 43.5% · 85 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 31% · 84 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%43.5%21%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 6.36 · 10 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 12.5 · 6 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: withheld (4 pupils)2018/19: withheld2021/22: withheld (3 pupils)12.56.36No exams

Not published 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25Withheld 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
68 of 68 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st6868
2nd207
3rd104

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Satisfactory
  2. 2009Satisfactory
  3. 2011Satisfactory
  4. 2013Good
  5. 2017Good
  6. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026502
Free school meals (past 6 years)29.3%
First language not English13.6%
SEN support17.8%
EHC plan4.8%
Absence (sessions missed)11.0%
Persistently absent pupils31.0%

Girls 45.4%Boys 54.6%

62.8% full · 800 places · 14 in sixth form (2021/22)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.9
Pupils per adult10.4
  • Classroom teachers 25.6
  • Leadership 6
  • Teaching assistants 10
  • Other support 12.5

Teachers 31.6 FTE · Whole workforce 54.1 · 68 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£9,225
Spend per pupil£9,195
Staff spend per pupil£6,501
Reserve per pupil£1,676
  • +£841,177revenue reserve
  • +£14,889in-year balance

Grants £9,000 · self-generated £225 · premises £456 per pupil

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

85 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained94.1%
  • Education88.2%
  • Apprenticeship1.2%
  • Employment4.7%
  • Not sustained3.5%
  • Unknown2.4%