Landau Forte Academy, QEMS
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Tamworth, B79 8AH
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Lift Rawlett
Comberford Road, Tamworth, B79 9AA
Local ranking55th of 70 secondary schools in Staffordshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1260
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 June 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 10 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 209
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1036
- Boys
- 495 (53%)
- Girls
- 431 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1260 (73% full)
- SEND
- 13.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.9%
- EAL
- 6.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,776/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.5%
- White Other: 5.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
87.5%
White British
5.4%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Comberford Road
Tamworth, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138728
- UKPRN
- 10038702
- Establishment No.
- 4158
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
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