BOA Digital Technologies Academy
47 Barrack Street, Birmingham, B7 4EU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BOA TRUST
- Headteacher
- Dr Jonathan Morris
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 443
- URN
- 149042
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01213599400
About this school
BOA Digital Technologies Academy is a secondary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 443 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected BOA Digital Technologies Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How BOA Digital Technologies 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 121 |
| 2023/24 | 253 |
| 2024/25 | 355 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How BOA Digital Technologies Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.2% | 52.7% | 443 | — |
| E-ACT Heartlands Academy | 50.3 | 4.2% | 73.7% | 868 | 0.3 miles |
| Birmingham Ormiston Academy | 54.1 | 9.1% | 17.3% | 1,016 | 0.4 miles |
| Aston University Engineering Academy | 44.1 | 7% | 50.2% | 1,010 | 0.4 miles |
| Aston Manor Academy | 44.6 | 8.1% | 70.6% | 990 | 0.9 miles |
| Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form | 49.8 | 7.5% | 61.3% | 938 | 1.1 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)
- 52.68%
- English as an additional language
- 17.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.21%
- Persistent absence
- 33.07%
Location
Nearby schools
-
E-ACT Heartlands Academy0.3 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Birmingham Ormiston Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Aston University Engineering Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Aston Manor Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form1.1 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other 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
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Broadway Academy Secondary
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does BOA Digital Technologies Academy teach?
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of BOA Digital Technologies Academy?
- The headteacher of BOA Digital Technologies Academy is Dr Jonathan Morris, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has BOA Digital Technologies Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected BOA Digital Technologies 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 BOA Digital Technologies Academy?
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy has 443 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is BOA Digital Technologies Academy full?
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy has capacity for 900 pupils and 443 on roll (49%), 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 BOA Digital Technologies Academy a faith school?
- No. BOA Digital Technologies Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is BOA Digital Technologies Academy a selective school?
- No. BOA Digital Technologies Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is BOA Digital Technologies Academy part of an academy trust?
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy is part of BOA TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is BOA Digital Technologies Academy's absence rate?
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy's overall absence rate is 9.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does BOA Digital Technologies Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for BOA Digital Technologies Academy. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 10 July 2026.