Academy sponsor led · Staffordshire

Landau Forte Academy, Amington

11–16Ages
892Pupils
SecondaryPhase
136136URN

Woodland Road, Amington, Tamworth, B77 4FF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.3 below Staffordshire median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

321 applications for 208 places · 44th of 48 in Staffordshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

39.9of 90

Staffordshire 43.5 England 46.0

43rd of 56 in Staffordshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 23 June 2026Published 31 August 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement			Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years	Does not apply to this school
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

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

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

23 June 2026
Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
10 May 2022
Graded inspection: Good

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

1.5applications per place, Year 7

0.3 below Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

321 applications · 208 places offered · 211 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2025 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2023 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2022 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2021 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2020 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2019 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2018 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2017 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.7
2016 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
2015 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.6
2014 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7

This school
Staffordshire 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	208	321	1.5	211	1.01
Sep 2025	158	246	1.6	141	0.89
Sep 2024	187	291	1.6	183	0.98
Sep 2023	195	299	1.5	191	0.98
Sep 2022	191	294	1.5	195	1.02
Sep 2021	192	325	1.7	202	1.05
Sep 2020	191	356	1.9	237	1.24
Sep 2019	199	382	1.9	261	1.31
Sep 2018	192	279	1.5	211	1.10
Sep 2017	173	212	1.2	152	0.88
Sep 2016	150	209	1.4	127	0.85
Sep 2015	155	232	1.5	150	0.97
Sep 2014	159	238	1.5	154	0.97

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

176 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.943rd of 56 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 43.5 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%47th of 56 in Staffordshire

Staffordshire 38% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%

Staffordshire 60% England 66%

This school
Staffordshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.58

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	176	39.9	27%	50%	–
2024/25	185	40.0	31%	57%	–
2023/24	175	37.4	26%	44%	−0.58
2022/23	175	42.0	39%	61%	−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

Landau Forte Academy, AmingtonThis school
This school

2026

1.5applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
Lift Tamworth
1.9 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 35.3Attainment 8
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS
2.3 km · Staffordshire

Good2022

2.2applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
The Wilnecote School
3.0 km · Staffordshire

Good2022

1.7applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
Lift Rawlett
3.6 km · Staffordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
The Polesworth School
3.7 km · Warwickshire

Good2023

1.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy
7.5 km · Warwickshire

Good2023

1.9applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
The Queen Elizabeth Academy
10.8 km · Warwickshire

Remains Good2022

2.0applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
King Edward VI School
11.9 km · Staffordshire

Remains Good2022

2.5applications per place 53.9Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136136 · 860/6905
Trust: Landau Forte Charitable Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 960 pupils · 892 on roll
Free school meals: 37.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2010
Address: Woodland Road, Amington, Tamworth, B77 4FF
Local authority: Staffordshire · Tamworth

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