Dear parent/carer,
As you may be aware, we have been approved by Derby City Council (DCC) to increase the number of Year 7 students joining Landau Forte College Derby from September 2022. This is in response to rising secondary student numbers across Derby City.
Our school, which was recently named the most over-subscribed school in Derby City and Derbyshire, will now be able to welcome more students in September 2022, and a further increase in Year 7 students from September 2023. This is a very exciting development which means that more students will be able to have their first choice of school, and will help us provide a great education to more students across Derby.
As part of the plans to host the new students, we will have extension and remodelling work to provide additional capacity, and we are also looking at opening an additional site for classrooms.
I also want to reassure you that this will not affect your child’s education. We have worked extensively with DCC on our plans for the extension to ensure that we are able to bring more students into the school while maintaining our existing quality of education.
With this expansion in mind, we would like to invite you to have your say on the admissions policy at Landau Forte College Derby for the future. We want to make sure that our admissions arrangements continue to be appropriate, comply with all necessary requirements, and are best suited to ensuring the fairest system of admissions for Derby City pupils.
The consultation is for pupils who will be requesting admission to the school between September 2024 and July 2025. We want to hear your thoughts on how we can make sure this proposed expansion is as fair as possible.
We would welcome your views on the proposed arrangements, which include changes from those agreed for the 2021/22 academic year. You can find full information on our admission arrangements in the attached document.
The consultation will run from 1 December 2021 until 19 January 2022. All responses to the consultation can be emailed to [email protected] or made in writing and handed in to the school’s reception or sent by post to:
Amelia Eggleston
Landau Forte College Derby Expansion
Landau Forte College Derby
Fox Street
DE1 2LF
If you have any questions about any part of this process please do contact me directly at the school via the PA to the Principal, Miss Walendziewski, [email protected]
Kind regards,
Alison Brannick