Earl Mortimer College
South Street, Leominster, HR6 8JJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Ms Alison Banner
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 800
- Pupils on roll
- 502
- URN
- 116941
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01568613221
About this school
Earl Mortimer College is a community secondary school in Leominster. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 502 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 97 | 85 | 84 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.6 | 39.7 | 37.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.75 -1.03 to -0.46 | -0.57 -0.88 to -0.26 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 43.5% | 31% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 65.9% | 58.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 23% | 32.9% | 27.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Earl Mortimer College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Herefordshire, County of average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39.6 | 39.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.7 | 38.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.5 | 37.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 510 |
| 2023/24 | 539 |
| 2024/25 | 522 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Earl Mortimer College compares
Earl Mortimer College ranked 14th of 15 secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.5 | 11% | 29.3% | 502 | — |
| Weobley High School | 47.8 | 7.1% | 16.5% | 533 | 7.2 miles |
| Wigmore School | 48.4 | 7.4% | 16.2% | 467 | 8.1 miles |
| Tenbury High Ormiston Academy | 39.9 | 7.6% | 19.6% | 453 | 8.2 miles |
| Queen Elizabeth High School | 39.7 | 9.7% | 23.6% | 421 | 9.6 miles |
| Cambian Hereford School | 9.3 | — | 0% | 15 | 0.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.31%
- English as an additional language
- 13.6%
- Overall absence
- 11.03%
- Persistent absence
- 31.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Weobley High School7.2 miles
Secondary · Hereford
-
Wigmore School8.1 miles
Secondary · Leominster
-
Tenbury High Ormiston Academy8.2 miles
Secondary · Tenbury Wells
-
Queen Elizabeth High School9.6 miles
Secondary · Bromyard
-
Cambian Hereford School0.1 miles
Special schools
Other schools in Leominster
- Wigmore School Secondary
- Ivington CofE Primary and Pre-School Primary
- Kimbolton St James CofE Primary School Primary
- Kingsland CofE School Primary
- Leominster Primary School Primary
- Luston Primary School Primary
- Pembridge CofE Primary School Primary
- Shobdon Primary School Primary
- Stoke Prior Primary School Primary
- Wigmore Primary School Primary
- Westfield School Special schools
- Lucton School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Earl Mortimer College teach?
- Earl Mortimer College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leominster.
- Who is the principal of Earl Mortimer College?
- The principal of Earl Mortimer College is Ms Alison Banner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Earl Mortimer College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Earl Mortimer College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Earl Mortimer College?
- Earl Mortimer College has 502 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Earl Mortimer College full?
- Earl Mortimer College has capacity for 800 pupils and 502 on roll (63%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Earl Mortimer College a faith school?
- No. Earl Mortimer College has no designated religious character.
- Is Earl Mortimer College a selective school?
- No. Earl Mortimer College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Earl Mortimer College have?
- The schools register lists Earl Mortimer College's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Earl Mortimer College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.6 in 2022/23 and 37.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Earl Mortimer College rank locally?
- Earl Mortimer College ranked 14th of 15 secondary schools in Herefordshire, County of for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Earl Mortimer College's absence rate?
- Earl Mortimer College's overall absence rate is 11% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Earl Mortimer College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Earl Mortimer College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.