Jewellery Quarter Academy
St George's Court, 1 Albion Street, Birmingham, B1 3AA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CORE EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Jamie Henshaw
- Sponsor
- Core Education Trust
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 660
- Pupils on roll
- 556
- URN
- 141003
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01217297220
About this school
Jewellery Quarter Academy is a secondary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 556 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Jewellery Quarter Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 114 | 133 | 146 |
| Attainment 8 score | 32.4 | 32.9 | 35.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.73 -1.01 to -0.44 | -0.60 -0.87 to -0.33 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 18% | 28.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% | 38.3% | 47.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 14% | 19.5% | 39.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Jewellery Quarter Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 32.4 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.9 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 35.2 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 609 |
| 2023/24 | 653 |
| 2024/25 | 614 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Jewellery Quarter Academy compares
Jewellery Quarter Academy ranked 80th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35.2 | 8.8% | 65% | 556 | — |
| Nishkam High School | 51.3 | 5.6% | 32.6% | 668 | 0.8 miles |
| City Academy | 36.4 | 10.7% | 64.7% | 554 | 0.9 miles |
| Birmingham Ormiston Academy | 54.1 | 9.1% | 17.3% | 1,016 | 1.1 miles |
| St Paul's School for Girls | 61 | 4.8% | 29.5% | 1,033 | 1.2 miles |
| Aston University Engineering Academy | 44.1 | 7% | 50.2% | 1,010 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.98%
- English as an additional language
- 52.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.77%
- Persistent absence
- 27.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Nishkam High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
City Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Birmingham Ormiston Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
St Paul's School for Girls1.2 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Aston University Engineering Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Jewellery Quarter Academy ranks 79th of the 87 ranked secondary schools in Birmingham.
- Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Secondary
- Arena Academy Secondary
- Ark Boulton Academy Secondary
- Ark St Alban's Academy Secondary
- Aston Manor Academy Secondary
- Aston University Engineering Academy Secondary
- Bartley Green School Secondary
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College Secondary
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy Secondary
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Broadway Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Jewellery Quarter Academy teach?
- Jewellery Quarter Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Jewellery Quarter Academy?
- The headteacher of Jewellery Quarter Academy is Mr Jamie Henshaw, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Jewellery Quarter Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Jewellery Quarter Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Jewellery Quarter Academy?
- Jewellery Quarter Academy has 556 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Jewellery Quarter Academy full?
- Jewellery Quarter Academy has capacity for 660 pupils and 556 on roll (84%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Jewellery Quarter Academy a faith school?
- No. Jewellery Quarter Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Jewellery Quarter Academy part of an academy trust?
- Jewellery Quarter Academy is part of CORE EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Jewellery Quarter Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 32.4 in 2022/23 and 35.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Jewellery Quarter Academy compare with other schools in Birmingham?
- Jewellery Quarter Academy ranked 80th of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 27% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Jewellery Quarter Academy's absence rate?
- Jewellery Quarter Academy's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Jewellery Quarter Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Jewellery Quarter Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.