Earl Mortimer College Explained

Earl Mortimer College
Type:Community school[1]
Head Label:Principal
Head:Alison Banner
Address:South Street
City:Leominster
County:Herefordshire
Country:England
Postcode:HR6 8JJ
Local Authority:Herefordshire Council
Ofsted:yes
Urn:116941
Enrolment:535
Capacity:800
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Website:https://www.earlmortimer.org.uk/

Earl Mortimer College is a coeducational secondary school in Leominster, Herefordshire, England.[2]

It is a community school administered by Herefordshire Council. It replaced the former Minster College[3] and opened in September 2010. It is smaller than the average secondary school.[4]

Earl Mortimer College offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils,.[5]

School history

The school was originally established as the Minster School.[6] In 2007 the council made the decision to rebuild the school to include a sixth form, using funding from Building Schools for the Future.[7] It then became the Minster College.[6]

The school owns the art work The Minster Triptych by David Jones and students of the school.[8]

There was a sixth form but closure of this was confirmed in 2023.[9]

School performance and inspections

In 2000, inspection by Ofsted judged the school to be improving.[4]

As of 2021, the school's most recent inspection was in 2017, with a judgement of Good.[10]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre . Get Information about Schools . Gov.UK . 1 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Home . earlmortimer.org.uk.
  3. News: Training scheme based at Earl Mortimer College, Leominster, wins National Constructing Excellence Award . . 9 December 2010 . 30 October 2011 .
  4. Web site: Thompson . I D . THE MINSTER COLLEGE . Ofsted . 1 September 2021 . 2000.
  5. Web site: About curriculum | Curriculum | Teaching learning | Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre.
  6. News: Phillips . Jessica . At school in the 90s or 00s? Check out our photo archive from the Minster College in Leominster . 1 September 2021 . Hereford Times . 21 June 2017.
  7. Web site: Building Schools for the Future: Rebuilding the Minster College Leominster . Councillors and democracy . Herefordshire County Council . 1 September 2021 . 2007.
  8. Web site: The Minster College . ArtUK . 1 September 2021.
  9. https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23742437.end-post-16-teaching-earl-mortimer-college-leominster-confirmed
  10. Web site: Williams. Alun . Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre . Ofsted . 1 September 2021 . 2017.