Jewellery Quarter Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Jewellery Quarter Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Jewellery Quarter Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 28% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 35.2 (England 46).
- Year 7 in 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 80 offers, 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 79 Birmingham secondary schools.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2024, 2025 and 2026; in 2026, 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published outcome did the same.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 59% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St George's Court, 1 Albion Street, Birmingham, B1 3AA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 556 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils recognise the recent improvements in the school’s work to celebrate positive behaviour.”
- “Some also said that there is an improving environment in which to learn.”
- “Most pupils conduct themselves well around the school.”
To improve
- “For some pupils, Jewellery Quarter Academy has not been a place where they thrive.”
- “However, staff do not take a consistent approach when implementing the school’s behaviour policy.”
- “Some pupils’ behaviour can still be disruptive.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 2025 (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) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.2 | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 80 offers in total, 40 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 Birmingham.
- Nishkam High School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- City Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy 1.1 mi Good
- St Paul's School for Girls 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Aston University Engineering Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Holte School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Handsworth School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aston Manor Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published