Landau Forte College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 26 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Derby
Unique reference
135120
Address
Fox Street, DE1 2LF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1247 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
54.2%
Girls
45.8%
First language not English
18%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.1%
Persistent absence
17.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 28.1%
Pakistani 22.9%
Mixed 8.3%
African 7.7%
Other White 7.6%
Indian 7.6%
Other 6.5%
Unclassified 3.3%
Other Asian 2.5%
Chinese 2.2%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other Black 1%
Caribbean 0.9%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 76%
Local authority average 35%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 65%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.4
Local authority average 42.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.27
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE45
BiologyGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE109
ChemistryGCSE48
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
Design & TechnologyGCSE65
English LanguageGCSE195
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Landau Forte College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
191
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
487
2nd preference
375
3rd preference
237
From another Local Authority
64
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
203
95
108
Year 8
202
113
89
Year 9
262
155
107
Year 10
195
111
84
Year 11
195
108
87
Year 12
107
48
59
Year 13
83
46
37
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
79.5%
85.5%
Further education
44.0%
47.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
45.0%
28.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
8.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
4.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
55.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
44.0%
16.3%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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