OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
13 September 2022
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Staffordshire
Trust
LANDAU FORTE CHARITABLE TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
1,029
1,029 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
516
50.1% of pupils
Male pupils
513
49.9% of pupils
1.7 pts
above England
School
26.5%
Tamworth
28.6%
West Midlands
30.6%
England
24.8%
11.7 pts
below England
School
8.6%
Tamworth
7.6%
West Midlands
22.4%
England
20.3%
0.8 pts
below England
School
0.2%
Tamworth
0.5%
West Midlands
0.6%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
6.0%
62
Any other Mixed background
2.9%
30
White and Black Caribbean
1.4%
14
Any other ethnic group
1.0%
10
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
13.4%
138 of
1,029 pupils
7.4 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
10.7%
110 pupils
England
14.8%
4.1 pts
below
EHC plans
2.7%
28 pupils
England
6.0%
3.3 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
29
Autistic spectrum disorder
28
Moderate learning difficulty
26
Specific learning difficulty
17
Speech, language & communication
12
No specialist assessment yet
8
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
6.23%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.01 pts
higher than
England
School
6.23%
Tamworth
6.04%
West Midlands
6.28%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
18.30%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
2.49 pts
higher than
England
School
18.30%
Tamworth
15.78%
West Midlands
16.42%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
1.86%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.06 pts
higher than
England
School
1.86%
Tamworth
1.23%
West Midlands
1.82%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
122.5%
30.2 pts
above England
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS
122.5%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.