Landau Forte Academy, QEMS

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
137146
Address
Ashby Road, B79 8AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
934 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
9.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.4%
Persistent absence
18.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.7%
Unclassified 14.6%
Mixed 6.6%
Other White 4.8%
Other 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.3
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.21
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award52
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award18
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
MultimediaTechnical Award36
Sports StudiesTechnical Award27
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE2
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Landau Forte Academy, QEMS

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
245
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
307
2nd preference
142
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
241
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes23.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
105
110
Year 8
221
123
98
Year 9
191
91
100
Year 10
172
91
81
Year 11
135
69
66
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
50.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
41.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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