Earl Mortimer College

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Earl Mortimer College
Address
Earl Mortimer College
South Street

, ,
HR6 8JJ

England
Information
Type Community school [1]
Local authority Herefordshire Council
Department for Education URN 116941 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalAlison Banner [1]
Gender Coeducational [1]
Age11to 16 [1]
Enrolment535 [1]
Capacity800 [1]
Website https://www.earlmortimer.org.uk/

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

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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]

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References

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  2. "Home". earlmortimer.org.uk.
  3. "Training scheme based at Earl Mortimer College, Leominster, wins National Constructing Excellence Award". Hereford Times . 9 December 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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  5. "About curriculum | Curriculum | Teaching learning | Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre".
  6. 1 2 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.
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  8. "The Minster College". ArtUK. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  9. "End of post-16 teaching at this Herefordshire school confirmed". 23 August 2023.
  10. Williams, Alun (2017). "Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre". Ofsted. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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