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BOA Digital Technologies Academy

URN
149042
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
BOA Digital Technologies Academy
URN
149042
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

100 / 100

Limited Data

Academic Outcomes

—

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
1 April 2025
Inspection date
4 March 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 1 April 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 1 April 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

126

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

287

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

85

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.28×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Birmingham
Admissions portal
Birmingham admissions
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://www.boa-digital.co.uk

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

Not published

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

Not published

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

Not published

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

Not published

EBacc achievement

Location

B7 4EU - 47 Barrack Street, Birmingham

Contact details

Address
47 Barrack Street, Birmingham
Postcode
B7 4EU
Phone
1213599400
Website
https://www.boa-digital.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Birmingham
Local authority code
330

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 979 schools in Birmingham.

Authority statistics

Total schools

979

Open schools

512

Closed schools

461

Primary schools

559

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

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  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 1 April 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 1 April 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    1 April 20254 March 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 1 April 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      1 April 2025
      Inspected
      4 March 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    29.6%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 51

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    162

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary559 (58.8%)
    • Secondary162 (17.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other229 (24.1%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    The Tuition Service43 mNot applicableClosed
    St James College129 mNot applicableClosed
    St Vincent's Catholic Primary School217 mPrimaryOpen
    St Vincent's Catholic Primary School217 mPrimaryClosed
    St Matthew's CofE Primary School470 mPrimaryOpen
    E-ACT Heartlands Academy482 mSecondaryOpen
    Duddeston Manor Community School482 mSecondaryClosed
    The Heartlands High School482 mSecondaryClosed
    The National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure587 m16 plusClosed
    The National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure587 m16 plusClosed
    • The Tuition Service
      Distance
      43 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • St James College
      Distance
      129 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      217 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      217 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

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    Distance
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  • E-ACT Heartlands Academy
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    Phase
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    Status
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  • Duddeston Manor Community School
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  • The Heartlands High School
    Distance
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  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    B11 2QG
    Status
    Open