BOA Digital Technologies Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
BOA Digital Technologies Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- 47 Barrack Street, Birmingham, B7 4EU
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 443 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Many pupils enjoy attending BOA Digital Technologies Academy.”
- “They value their project work in digital technology lessons and the visits they receive from different businesses and employers.”
- “Staff are committed to ensuring that pupils see the connection between what they learn in the classroom and the potential jobs of the future.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, pupils are not securing the necessary knowledge and skills they need.”
- “In addition, the work that some pupils produce in their exercise books is not of a good quality.”
- “However, in some subjects, the school has not identified the most important knowledge that pupils need to know and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 58 first-preference applications, 97 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Year 7 2023 to 2026, as Birmingham published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
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Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
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- Holy Trinity Catholic School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published