Landau Forte Academy, Amington

Landau Forte Academy, Amington is a caring and inclusive secondary school that is meeting expected standards in most areas. Safeguarding standards are met. Inspectors found strong leadership, effective governance and a positive culture where pupils behave well, attendance is improving and pupils feel safe. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, and pupils benefit from a well-designed personal development programme, strong pastoral care, careers education and extra-curricular opportunities. Inclusion is a notable strength, with effective support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND. The school is part of Landau Forte Charitable Trust, which provides effective support and challenge.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met and pupils feel safe
• Caring and inclusive school where pupils develop a strong sense of belonging
• Positive behaviour and respectful relationships; bullying is not common and discrimination is not tolerated
• Attendance is good and persistent absence has reduced significantly through effective strategies
• Ambitious, broad and logically sequenced curriculum
• Teachers generally explain new learning clearly and check understanding effectively
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, including training and clear information about needs
• Disadvantaged pupils are well supported and their achievement is improving
• Strong leadership with a clear direction and accurate understanding of strengths and areas for improvement
• Governance and trust support are effective in challenging and supporting leaders
• Staff are proud to work at the school and feel well supported with workload and professional development
• Well-thought-out personal development programme tailored to pupils' needs and local context
• Effective pastoral support and wellbeing promotion
• Careers programme prepares pupils well for next steps
• Wide range of extra-curricular opportunities and student leadership roles

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement needs attention because outcomes in national examinations have been below national averages over time
• Some pupils do not achieve as well as they should, including some disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND
• Some pupils do not produce accurate work or demonstrate a secure understanding of the curriculum
• Writing accuracy and fluency are not developed well enough and are not always addressed effectively by teaching
• Teaching in some subjects is not of a consistently high quality
• The impact of recent improvements is not yet evident in published outcomes
• Leaders should ensure all pupils develop the reading, writing and spelling knowledge needed to produce high-quality, accurate work
• Leaders should ensure the curriculum is taught consistently well across all subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Landau Forte Academy, Amington attended 91.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 9.8% of pupils at Landau Forte Academy, Amington were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 8 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Landau Forte Academy, Amington had 13.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.4% of pupils at Landau Forte Academy, Amington were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Landau Forte Academy, Amington received £8,764 and spent £9,006 for each of its 937 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £101,000 (-£108 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Landau Forte Charitable Trust, income was £8,169 and spending £7,929 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Tamworth · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Landau Forte Academy, Amington is part of Landau Forte Charitable Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Landau Forte Academy Greenacres Tamworth
• Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form Tamworth
• Landau Forte Academy, QEMS Tamworth
• Landau Forte Academy Moorhead Derby
• Landau Forte College Derby

What is Landau Forte Academy, Amington's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Landau Forte Academy, Amington is Needs attention, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Landau Forte Academy, Amington last inspected by Ofsted?

Landau Forte Academy, Amington was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Landau Forte Academy, Amington have?

Landau Forte Academy, Amington has 892 pupils on roll.

What age range does Landau Forte Academy, Amington cover?

Landau Forte Academy, Amington for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Landau Forte Academy, Amington's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 39.9, and 27% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Landau Forte Academy, Amington?

Landau Forte Academy, Amington is at Woodland Road, Amington, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 4FF.