Landau Forte Academy, QEMS
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Tamworth · B79 8AH · Staffordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att846.9
- P80.1
- EM5+40%
- Absence7.5%
0.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 138728
Lift Rawlett
Academy converter · Tamworth · B79 9AA
Ages 11–16 · 926 pupils · Staffordshire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
42.7
Overall absence
9.6%
Admissions demand
0.97 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-06-10
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.44
−20+2
Attainment 842.7
English & maths grade 5+39%
English & maths grade 4+63%
EBacc entry61%
EBacc APS: 3.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)27.8%
Unauthorised3.5%
- Authorised absence
- 6.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,080
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
0.97 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
197
Places offered
212
1st-preference offers
197
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 327
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 204
- Applications from outside LA
- 7
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
- 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 fill73%
926 pupils · 1,260 places
- Pupils on roll
- 926
- Boys / girls
- 495 / 431
- School capacity
- 1,260
- Capacity fill
- 926 / 1,260 (73%)
- Free school meals
- 24%
- FSM pupils
- 222
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: LIFT SCHOOLS
- Academy trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- Headteacher
- Mrs Johanne Paddock
Location
- Address
- Comberford Road
- Postcode
- B79 9AA
- Town
- Tamworth
- County
- Staffordshire
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- District
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: 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 converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Tamworth, Staffordshire, 926 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 24%.
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%
2.2 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%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Johanne Paddock
- Telephone
- 0182757178