Landau Forte Academy, Amington

Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Tamworth, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

1.181 miles

Published by Staffordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Landau Forte Academy, Amington is a secondary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2022. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.

Landau Forte Academy, Amington catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Year 7 2026	1.181 mi
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Staffordshire.
For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.181 miles from the school, the 5th shortest of 18 Staffordshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
Year 7 2026: 211 first-choice applications for 208 offers, with 197 first-choice offers and 14 first-choice families not offered a place.
37.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 24% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Staffordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Woodland Road, Amington, Tamworth, B77 4FF
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–16
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 892 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 37.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 13.1

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 10 May 2022

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy learning at this caring and inclusive school.”
“They say these help them to understand how they should behave and learn.”
“Pupils are safe at school and know they have many supportive staff members they can talk to if they have any worries.”

To improve

“However, some pupils do not develop the essential knowledge and skills needed to write accurately and produce work of acceptable quality.”
“While outcomes in national examinations improved in 2025, pupils still do not achieve as well as they should.”
“However, teaching in some subjects is not of a consistently high quality.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	31%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	40	46

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 211 first-preference applications, 208 offers in total, 197 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

Lift Tamworth 1.2 mi Not judged
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
The Wilnecote School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
Lift Rawlett 2.2 mi Not judged
King Edward VI School 7.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Nether Stowe School 7.9 mi No Ofsted grade
The Friary School 8.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
John Taylor High School 9.5 mi Not judged Last distance published