Earl Mortimer College

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Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre
Address
South Street

, ,
HR6 8JJ

England
Information
TypeCommunity school[1]
Local authorityHerefordshire Council
Department for Education URN116941 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalAlison Banner[1]
GenderCoeducational[1]
Age11 to 18[1]
Enrolment535[1]
Capacity800[1]
Websitehttps://www.earlmortimer.org.uk/

Earl Mortimer College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located 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] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.[6]

School history[]

The school was originally established as the Minster School.[7] In 2007 the council made the decision to rebuild the school to include a sixth form, using funding from Building Schools for the Future.[8] It then became the Minster College.[7]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre". Get Information about Schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. ^ https://www.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.
  4. ^ a b Thompson, I D (2000). "THE MINSTER COLLEGE". Ofsted. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  5. ^ "About curriculum | Curriculum | Teaching learning | Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre".
  6. ^ https://www.earlmortimer.org.uk/teaching-learning/curriculum/
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Building Schools for the Future: Rebuilding the Minster College Leominster". Councillors and democracy. Herefordshire County Council. 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  9. ^ "The Minster College". ArtUK. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  10. ^ Williams, Alun (2017). "Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre". Ofsted. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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Coordinates: 52°13′18″N 2°44′17″W / 52.2218°N 2.7380°W / 52.2218; -2.7380


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