Receptionist

JOB ADVERT

POST TITLE: Receptionist

POST RESPONSIBLE TO: Office Manager

START DATE: September 2026 or sooner if possible

CONTRACT: Full time (37.5 hours per week), term time only plus 10 days

SALARY: Support Staff Scale Point 4 to 9

£25,185 - £27,254 FT (pro-rata to £22,894 - £24,775)

CLOSING DATE: 28th August 2026

INTERVIEW DATE: WB 30th August 2026

We are seeking a friendly, professional and highly organised individual to join our Academy as a Receptionist.

The BOA Group is a unique and exceptional creative educational setting, committed to the highest standards of excellence. As a growing Multi-Academy Trust, we provide dynamic and innovative learning environments that serve as creative hubs for both the expressive arts and specialist technical and digital skills. We are a digitally innovative academy within a Trust driven by a deep commitment to creativity in education.

Currently comprising three academies—BOA Creative, Digital and Performing Arts (opened in 2011), BOA Stage and Screen Production Academy (opened in 2021), and BOA Digital Technologies (opened in September 2022)—all located in the vibrant centre of Birmingham, we are positioned at the heart of the West Midlands’ thriving creative and digital industries. Our academies benefit from outstanding facilities that support academic achievement, vocational excellence and a rich programme of extra-curricular opportunities.

THE ROLE:

As the first point of contact for parents, carers, pupils, visitors, staff and external agencies, you will play a vital role in creating a positive and welcoming experience for everyone who enters our school community.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines front-of-house reception duties with a wide range of administrative responsibilities. Working in a busy educational environment, you will provide an efficient service, ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of the Academy. The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with strong organisational skills, a proactive approach and a commitment to delivering high standards of support, professionalism and care at all times.

The BOA 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 Trust’s vision and ambitions, have 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 wider community, 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 all sections of the online application at TES/Schrole including the cover letter. Where appropriate, please state within your application your specialist subject(s) and other subjects and at which level you are able to teach.

CV submission alone will not be accepted. No agencies please.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

For an information conversation or for more information please contact Marie Bagley, Office Manager, who will direct you to the most appropriate person.

E: Marie.Bagley2@BOA-Digital.co.uk

T: 0121 359 9400

FURTHER PARTICULARS

We are a growing multi academy trust operating specialist academies, 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 chief executive, Kate Tague, and the Board of Directors, chaired by Dr Jonnie Turpie MBE. 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 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.