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Landau Forte College

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,272Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135120URN

Fox Street, Derby, DE1 2LF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.7per place
5.0 above Derby median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derby

1,213 applications for 180 places · 1st of 15 in Derby
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.6of 90
3rd of 16 in Derby
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 26 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
6.7applications per place, Year 7
5.0 above Derby median (1.8) 4.5 above England median (2.2)

1,213 applications · 180 places offered · 517 named it first

  1. 2026 6.7; Derby median median 1.8
  2. 2025 6.1; Derby median median 1.6
  3. 2024 5.6; Derby median median 1.4
  4. 2023 5.7; Derby median median 1.5
  5. 2022 3.9; Derby median median 1.7
  6. 2021 5.6; Derby median median 1.6
  7. 2020 5.5; Derby median median 1.7
  8. 2019 5.4; Derby median median 1.7
  9. 2018 5.5; Derby median median 1.5
  10. 2017 4.9; Derby median median 1.5
  11. 2016 4.5; Derby median median 1.6
  12. 2015 4.6; Derby median median 1.7
  13. 2014 4.3; Derby median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Derby median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Derby median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261801,2136.75172.87
Sep 20251911,1566.14872.55
Sep 20241769845.64522.57
Sep 20231951,1145.74712.42
Sep 20222539933.94081.61
Sep 20211921,0685.64962.58
Sep 20201881,0405.54652.47
Sep 20191799595.44132.31
Sep 20181648955.53772.30
Sep 20171637914.93422.10
Sep 20161677494.52831.69
Sep 20151667564.63131.89
Sep 20141677194.33342.00

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

192 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.63rd of 16 in Derby
Grade 5 or above in English and maths56%3rd of 16 in Derby
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%
  • This school
  • Derby median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.43
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19251.656%77%–
2024/2519555.465%84%–
2023/2419554.159%78%+0.43
2022/2316554.562%81%+0.40

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135120 · 831/6905
Trust
Landau Forte Charitable Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,125 pupils · 1,272 on roll
Free school meals
32.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2006
Replaced
Landau Forte College (URN 113029)
Address
Fox Street, Derby, DE1 2LF
Local authority
Derby

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources