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Academy sponsor led · Staffordshire

Landau Forte Academy, QEMS

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,029Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 137146URN

Ashby Road, Tamworth, B79 8AH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.4 above Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

472 applications for 211 places · 9th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.3of 90
16th of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Staffordshire median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

472 applications · 211 places offered · 281 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.9; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.1; Staffordshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 2.2; Staffordshire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262114722.22811.33
Sep 20252454842.03071.25
Sep 20242144262.01980.93
Sep 20232133901.82110.99
Sep 20222043891.91930.95
Sep 20211974062.11830.93
Sep 20201543662.41300.84
Sep 20191673652.21600.96
Sep 20181683322.01130.67
Sep 20171572761.81140.73
Sep 20161562881.91050.67
Sep 20151422962.11280.90
Sep 20141182632.2970.82

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

167 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.316th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths38%28th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.06
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16746.338%59%–
2024/2513449.639%69%–
2023/2417346.940%65%+0.06
2022/2315546.133%60%−0.03

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
137146 · 860/4004
Trust
Landau Forte Charitable Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
840 pupils · 1,029 on roll
Free school meals
26.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
Queen Elizabeth's Mercian School (URN 124418)
Address
Ashby Road, Tamworth, B79 8AH
Local authority
Staffordshire · Tamworth

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