Mortimer Community College
State · Year 7–Year 11 · 1,139 pupils
St Wilfrid's RC College
Temple Park Road, South Shields NE34 0QA
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,271
On roll
Ages
11–19
Capacity 1,450
Local authority
South Tyneside
Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust
Schola Grade 5
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About St Wilfrid's RC College
St Wilfrid's RC College is a secondary academy in South Shields, South Tyneside, for pupils aged 11–19 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust.
It has 1,271 pupils on roll and room for 1,450. It has a sixth form. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Its Schola Grade is 5 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–19
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,271
- Capacity
- 1,450 pupils
- Free school meals
- 34.20% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 142601
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