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BOA Digital Technologies Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Free school
47 Barrack Street, Birmingham B7 4EU · boa-digital.co.uk · 0121 359 9400
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 443
- 49% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 60%
- First language not English
- 18.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Boa Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 97 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 97 | 58 | 0.6 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 126 | 51 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 126 | 69 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 137 | 64 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | n/a | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | n/a | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | n/a | 64.8% |
| Entered for EBacc | n/a | 40.5% |
| EBacc average points | n/a | 4.09 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected BOA Digital Technologies Academy on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
What parents said
53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 53%
- Replies
- 59
- 17% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (49%) with SEND