Teacher of Product Design

Job description / Role

Job overview

Post responsible to: Head of Creative
Salary: Teacher Main or Upper Pay Scale (with a TLR for the right candidate)
Working hours: Full time
Start date: January 2026
Closing date: Monday, 13th October 2025
Interview date: Week commencing Monday, 13th October 2025

The BOA Group are seeking to appoint a motivated, dedicated and aspirational teacher of product design to join the team at BOA Digital Technologies Academy.

This is an exciting new role in a growing school. The postholder will play an important part in the future of a new school as we welcome the first Key Stage 4 cohort and prepare for the addition of a sixth form in 2027.

The BOA Group is a unique and outstanding creative educational setting, committed to the highest standards of excellence. We are a growing Multi-Academy Trust offering creative hubs for the expressive arts and for specialist technical and digital skills.

Currently comprising of three academies u2013 u2018BOA Creative, Digital and Performing Artsu2019 (opened in 2011), u2018BOA Stage and Screen Production Academyu2019 (opened in 2021) and u2018BOA Digital Technologiesu2019 (opened in September 2022) u2013 located in the centre of Birmingham and within the hub of the creative and digital industries in the West Midlands, we benefit from superb facilities for academic, vocational and extra-curricular activities.

The role

BOA Group is seeking to appoint a teacher of product design, working alongside the wider staff and leaders to provide excellence across the Group. The role will be primarily based at BOA Digital Technologies Academy with travel to other BOA locations as required.

The postholder will undertake teaching for students within the product design subject area in accordance with the Academyu2019s ethos and relevant plans. Product Design is a new pathway at BOA Digital and the postholder will have an exciting opportunity to build and shape a successful design technology department.

There is potential for the postholder to take on an additional Teaching and Learning Responsibility (TLR). This will be discussed at interview.

The Group believes that all young people deserve to become world-class learners - to learn, enjoy, succeed and thrive in a first-rate educational environment with excellent facilities, outstanding teaching and the most up-to-date resources available to them. You will benefit from visionary, inspirational and dynamic leadership and be empowered to develop your own skills.

If you share the Academy Trustu2019s vision and ambitions, possess a strong desire to work within an ethos of creative collaboration and partnership and want to have a positive impact on young people, families and the community then we would be delighted to hear from you.

How to apply

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds who meet the requirements of the person specification.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post is subject to enhanced DBS clearance. All offers are subject to satisfactory references, enhanced DBS checks and successful completion of a contractual probationary period.

To apply for this position, please complete the application form and supporting statement on the relevant application platform. Where appropriate, please state within your application your specialist subject(s) and other subjects and at which level you are able to teach.

CVs will not be accepted. No agencies please.

Further particulars

We are a growing multi-academy trust operating specialist academies and a theatre, working in partnership with the Ormiston Trust and Birmingham City University to offer exciting and unique educational pathways for learners with interests in performing arts and digital technologies.

About the BOA Group

The BOA Group is led by the chief executive and the Board of Directors. The Academy Trust was founded in 2011 with the opening of BOA Creative, Digital and Performing Arts Academy and converted to Multi-Academy Trust status in 2021.

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-led curriculum for young people in both existing and emerging production techniques and broadcast technologies. Working in close collaboration with 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 u2013 an academy for 11-18-year-old learners passionate about digital technologies, which opened for the first time in September 2022. BOA Digital Technologies delivers 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. The school currently has circa 350 students in Key Stage 3 and will welcome the first Key Stage 4 cohort in September 2025.

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 academiesu2019 websites for further information and admissions policies.

We aim to inspire our students to u201cImagine Everythingu201d and ensure they leave us with the qualifications, technical knowledge and employability skills they require for the next stage of their lives.