Jewellery Quarter Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 19 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
141003
Address
St George's Court, 1 Albion Street, B1 3AA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
653 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.1%
Girls
46.9%
First language not English
54.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
52.7%
Persistent absence
25.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.0%
Pupil ethnicities
Mixed 29.9%
African 23.3%
Caribbean 11.9%
Other 9.3%
Pakistani 7.8%
Bangladeshi 4.9%
Other White 4.6%
Indian 3.1%
Unclassified 1.7%
White British 1.4%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.73
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.4
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.76
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award24
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award8
ArabicGCSE5
Art & DesignGCSE23
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE27
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Jewellery Quarter Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
107
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
36
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
36
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes28.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
119
68
51
Year 8
142
84
58
Year 9
118
55
63
Year 10
138
70
68
Year 11
136
70
66
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
67.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
13.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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