The BOA Group is an exciting and rapidly-expanding multi-academy trust (MAT) consisting of three constituent academies across Birmingham. BOA Creative, Digital and Performing Arts opened at Millennium Point in 2011 and very quickly established itself as the leading performing arts school in the West Midlands. The Group has expanded recently, with BOA Stage and Screen opening in the Jewellery Quarter in September 2021, followed by BOA Digital on Barrack Street in September 2022.

A defining feature of the Group is its outstanding relationship with the Ormiston Trust, Birmingham City University and local industry partners who provide support at board level as well and access to facilities, resources and academic expertise.

With entry points at age 11, 14 or 16, the BOA Group has a unique and innovate educational pathway for learners of secondary and Post 16 age. With options to undertake courses in everything by digital skills and cyber security, musical theatre and acting to screen production and theatre sound and lighting, the Group is a leading name in Birmingham’s educational landscape.

About the BOA Group

BOA Creative, Digital & Performing Arts - a digital and performing arts academy for learners aged 14-19. Opened in September 2011 on a brand new and purpose-built site with superb facilities for academic, vocational and extra-curricular activities. Rated good in every category by OFSTED and with continual outstanding results, students at BOA Creative have the opportunity to individualise their learning pathway, following performance, production and creativity routes.

BOA Stage and Screen Production - a production and broadcast technologies academy for learners aged 16-19. Opened in the Jewellery Quarter in 2021, BOA Stage and Screen provides an industry lead curriculum for young people in both existing and emerging production techniques and broadcast technologies. Working in close collaboration with our creative and industry partners to develop and deliver specialist programmes of study, students learn the skills they need to join the very best production houses all over the world.

BOA Digital Technologies – an academy for 11–18-year-old learners passionate about digital technologies, which opens for the first time in September 2022. BOA Digital Technologies will deliver a specialist education in creative and digital technologies, maximising future opportunities for all students working closely with the industry to ensure that we address the growing demand for digital level skills now and in the future.

Our academies are regional and admit students from across Birmingham, the Black Country (including Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton) as well as from Coventry and Solihull. Please see the individual academies websites for further information and admissions policies.

We aim to inspire our students to “Imagine Everything” and ensure they leave us with the qualifications, technical knowledge and employability skills they require for the next stage of their lives.

Please explore our individual websites for more details and information.