Graduate Apprentice Design Technology Teacher

Star Academies is seeking motivated and ambitious design technology graduates with a passion for teaching to join our Graduate Apprentice Teacher Programme. Teaching is a hugely rewarding career; education is the fuel that will power progress to address the biggest global challenges. If you are eager to embark on a route into teaching that maximises your time in the classroom, leads to qualified teacher status and includes bespoke support for your rapid development, we want to hear from you.

As a Graduate Apprentice Teacher, you’ll benefit from Star’s comprehensive talent strategy, which focuses on harnessing and nurturing aptitude and accelerating professional growth. Our programme enables apprentices to take up paid employment in school while benefitting from a blended learning approach that culminates in a professional teaching qualification that will equip you to take the next steps on your career journey.

You will spend 80% of your time working in school and 20% attending training delivered by our teacher training partner, the National Institute of Teaching. This training will lead to the award of qualified teacher status (QTS) within fourteen months.

We are currently recruiting to the programme and are seeking to employ a design technology graduate to join the programme at Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Manchester.

What you will get

•   The opportunity to work in a school which is part of one of the highest performing multi-academy trusts in the country with a passion for improving the life chances of young people at the core of its work.

•   Paid employment as an apprentice design technology teacher in an established school creative department.

•   Fully-funded enrolment on the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship programme provided by the National Institute of Teaching, culminating in the award of qualified teacher status.

•   High quality professional mentoring and in-school CPD.

•   Regular feedback on your progress, complemented by supportive action planning.

•   Upon completing the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship Programme, you’ll be a qualified teacher with a job in the school where you trained with access to the National Institute of Teaching’s flagship leadership programmes. 

Who we are looking for

We are seeking graduates with proven academic credentials who are keen to become teachers in Star schools.

Applicants must:

•   be values-driven and determined to improve the life chances of children and young people.

•   have the motivation and commitment to become a Star teacher.

•   have the potential and ambition to secure qualified teacher status.

•   be reflective learners with a growth mindset and appetite to receive and act upon feedback.

Find out more

To find out more, download the information pack below.

To apply for a place on the course, visit gov.uk’s ‘Find teacher training courses’, where you should ensure your application form and supporting statement address all elements of the person specification. 

Key Dates

Interview Date: Wednesday, 29 January 2025.

Start Date: Tuesday 1 July 2025.

About Star Academies

Star Academies is a high-performing multi-academy trust that runs 36 primary and secondary schools. We are a values-based organisation that works to improve the life chances of young people in areas of social and economic deprivation to help them succeed at the highest levels of education, employment and the professions. Every single day you’ll be rewarded with the opportunity to shape a young person’s future - our STAR values embody what we believe is needed to succeed.

Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we continually invest in our employees through our learning and development centre, Star Teaching School Hub Network. 

We can also offer you a range of rewards and benefits, including competitive salaries and pension schemes, generous holiday entitlements and healthcare cash plans.

Our Commitment

Star Academies is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.