Lift Rawlett
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Tamworth · B79 9AA · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att842.7
- P8-0.4
- EM5+39%
- Absence9.6%
0.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 137146
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS
Academy sponsor led · Tamworth · B79 8AH
Ages 11–16 · 1,029 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
46.9
Overall absence
7.5%
Admissions demand
0.93 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-09-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.06
−20+2
Attainment 846.9
English & maths grade 5+40%
English & maths grade 4+65%
EBacc entry30%
EBacc APS: 3.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)23.2%
Unauthorised2.5%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 961
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.93 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
198
Places offered
214
1st-preference offers
198
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 426
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 214
- Applications from outside LA
- 12
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 4
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill120%
1,029 pupils · 840 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,029
- Boys / girls
- 513 / 516
- School capacity
- 840
- Capacity fill
- 1,029 / 840 (123%)
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
- FSM pupils
- 272
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: LANDAU FORTE CHARITABLE TRUST
- Academy trust
- LANDAU FORTE CHARITABLE TRUST
- Sponsor
- Landau Forte Charitable Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Adams
Location
- Address
- Ashby Road
- Postcode
- B79 8AH
- Town
- Tamworth
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Tamworth
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Tamworth, Staffordshire, 1,029 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 26.5%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Landau Forte Academy, Amington
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Tamworth · B77 4FF · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att837.4
- P8-0.6
- EM5+26%
- Absence9.6%
1.5 miles away
Lift Tamworth
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Tamworth · B77 2NE · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att836.3
- P8-0.6
- EM5+19%
- Absence11.0%
2.0 miles away
The Wilnecote School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Tamworth · B77 5LF · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att839.8
- P8-0.4
- EM5+31%
- Absence9.4%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katie Adams
- Telephone
- 01827301820