BOA Digital Technologies Academy, Birmingham

From the headteacher's welcome: "At BOA Digital Technologies Academy, you won't just learn about the future - you'll build it. We're a specialist academy where creativity, curiosity and technology collide to solve real problems and open real opportunities. If you're excited by code, content, data, design, software or hardware, you'll find a place and a purpose here."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, basketball and choir.

For September 2026 entry, 58 families put BOA Digital Technologies Academy as their first choice and 316 named it as one of their preferences, for 97 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to BOA Digital Technologies Academy are E-ACT Heartlands Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 48.7); Birmingham Ormiston Academy (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53); Aston University Engineering Academy (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); and Star King Solomon Academy (0.6 miles, Attainment 8 32.4).

BOA Digital Technologies Academy is one of 3 schools run by Boa Trust, an academy trust.

59 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about BOA Digital Technologies Academy (as of September 2025): 53% would recommend the school, 63% say their child is happy there and 27% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (66%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (27%).

60% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 79 pupils (17.8%) received SEN support and 10 (2.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Duddeston Rail Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Barrack Street (opposite), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1127 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, BOA Digital Technologies Academy issued 88 suspensions, 24.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to BOA Digital Technologies Academy are St Vincent's Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles), St Matthew's CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), Bordesley Village Primary School (0.7 miles) and Cromwell Junior and Infant School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.