Earl Mortimer College is a coeducational secondary school in Leominster, Herefordshire, England.[2]
| Earl Mortimer College | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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South Street , , HR6 8JJ England | |
| Information | |
| Type | Community school[1] |
| Local authority | Herefordshire Council |
| Department for Education URN | 116941 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Alison Banner[1] |
| Gender | Coeducational[1] |
| Age | 11 to 16[1] |
| Enrolment | 535[1] |
| Capacity | 800[1] |
| Website | https://www.earlmortimer.org.uk/ |
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
editThe 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
editIn 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre". Get Information about Schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Home". earlmortimer.org.uk.
- ^ "Training scheme based at Earl Mortimer College, Leominster, wins National Constructing Excellence Award". Hereford Times. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ a b Thompson, I D (2000). "THE MINSTER COLLEGE". Ofsted. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "About curriculum | Curriculum | Teaching learning | Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre".
- ^ a b Phillips, Jessica (21 June 2017). "At school in the 90s or 00s? Check out our photo archive from the Minster College in Leominster". Hereford Times. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Building Schools for the Future: Rebuilding the Minster College Leominster". Councillors and democracy. Herefordshire County Council. 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "The Minster College". ArtUK. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "End of post-16 teaching at this Herefordshire school confirmed". 23 August 2023.
- ^ Williams, Alun (2017). "Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre". Ofsted. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External links
edit- Official site
- Millennium Memory Bank: the accent and dialect of a speaker who attended the school
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