Earl Mortimer College is a state-maintained secondary school in Leominster, United Kingdom with 502 pupils. Ofsted: Good, inspected 11 January 2023. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Personnel Administrator (closes 20 November).
Head
Alison Banner, Principal
Type
State-maintained, Secondary
Pupils
502 pupils · 46% girls · 28.3% eligible for free school meals · 16.3% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
84 (16.7%) on SEN support · 23 (4.6%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
We are seeking a Personnel Administrator to provide efficient and effective support to Earl Mortimer College.Key duties and responsibilities will include: Supporting end to end…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
38.9
31.4%
2024/25
37.5
31.0%
2023/24
39.7
43.5%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
11 January 2023
Graded inspection
Good
11 October 2017
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
31.6
15.9
–
1
£52,780
2024/25
32.8
15.9
15%
5
£48,035
2023/24
29.0
18.6
18%
0
£45,645
2022/23
33.8
15.1
29%
5
£43,257
2021/22
33.1
15.6
21%
0
£41,608
2020/21
32.7
16.3
20%
2
£41,091
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
33.9
16.4
24%
1
£40,925
2018/19
34.8
15.0
12%
0
£40,287
2017/18
37.2
13.7
7%
0
£39,848
2016/17
36.2
14.7
15%
0
£38,843
2015/16
35.6
15.2
18%
0
£39,013
2014/15
41.4
13.4
20%
0
£37,226
2013/14
43.9
13.1
23%
0
£36,997
2012/13
43.5
13.9
19%
0
£36,637
2011/12
44.3
14.6
16%
0
£36,256
2010/11
43.3
14.9
21%
0
£36,936
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
9.7%
2.6%
29.3%
4.4%
2024/25
11.0%
4.0%
30.0%
7.0%
2023/24
11.0%
3.9%
32.5%
5.3%
2022/23
10.4%
4.2%
31.0%
4.6%
2021/22
12.6%
3.8%
39.1%
5.8%
2020/21
7.2%
0.7%
19.3%
3.0%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.8%
0.9%
16.4%
1.4%
2017/18
5.9%
0.9%
16.1%
1.0%
2016/17
6.3%
1.1%
17.1%
0.8%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
2 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 1 teaching, 1 support. Most often advertised: Exam Invigilator, Maths Teacher. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.