Jewellery Quarter Academy, Birmingham

From the headteacher's welcome: "Jewellery Quarter Academy is a school that holds the highest ambitions for students, rooted in success, care and respect for all our community. Our mission is to support our students to go on to become the leaders of tomorrow. Great GCSE grades and a depth of character around our CORE values are two keys to opening these doors to students."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, basketball, dance, drama, ukulele, chess, STEM, art and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Jewellery Quarter Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

31% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 35.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.6: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.6, against 40.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 4.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 17 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 40 families put Jewellery Quarter Academy as their first choice and 303 named it as one of their preferences, for 80 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Jewellery Quarter Academy are Nishkam High School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 52); City Academy (0.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.5); Riverside Virtual College (0.9 miles); and Birmingham Ormiston Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53).

Jewellery Quarter Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Jewellery Quarter Academy is one of 4 schools run by Core Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 133 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 62% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

59% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 48.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (37%), Mixed (33%) and Asian (13%).

In 2026, 87 pupils (15.6%) received SEN support and 4 (0.7%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Jewellery Quarter Rail Station, about 570 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Nelson Street (adjacent), 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 1526 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Jewellery Quarter Academy issued 501 suspensions, 81.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Jewellery Quarter Academy are Nelson Primary School (0.2 miles); Brookfields Primary School (0.4 miles); St John's & St Peter's CofE Primary (0.6 miles); and St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.