BOA Digital Technologies Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Requires improvement
Mar 4 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
149042
Address
47 Barrack Street, B7 4EU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
355 (27% of total capacity)
Boys
64.2%
Girls
35.8%
First language not English
17.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.9%
Persistent absence
27.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29%
Caribbean 16.3%
Mixed 11.5%
Pakistani 9.9%
African 9.6%
Unclassified 9%
Other White 5.1%
Other 2.5%
Indian 2%
Other Black 2%
Other Asian 1.7%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Admissions

BOA Digital Technologies Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
126
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
51
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
51
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
122
69
53
Year 8
121
79
42
Year 9
112
80
32
Year 2024-2025

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