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Specialist Practitioner

Alvaston Junior Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0PU

This job expired on 13 June 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  Upon completion of pre-employment checks

• Closing date

  13 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Lead Practitioner 1-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Evidenced practice as a highly effective teacher over a period of time improving pupil outcomes
• Experience of working effectively as a leader within a team
• Experience of developing high quality learning strategies and monitoring learner progress to raise attainment
• Experience of leading teaching and learning initiatives beyond own classroom
• Experience of coaching and mentoring colleagues
• Commitment to the role, the Trust and the Development Team

What the school offers its staff

• the opportunity to be part of our team, who are committed to educational excellence
• friendly and supportive staff, parents and trustees,
• a commitment to high quality professional development,
• opportunity for future career development & progression within the Trust’s portfolio of schools and most importantly
• the chance to transform the lives of children and really make a difference

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Our Vision and Values

The Harmony Trust has the highest aspirations for its pupils, parents and staff members. We work hard to ensure that every child achieves especially those who are identified as disadvantaged or with Special Educational Needs. Our vision is to provide an excellent primary education that gives our children the very best chance of succeeding in life. Inclusion is at the heart of a Harmony Education with all pupils attending a GreatPlace2Learn, thriving in an environment where learning is prioritised. Our aim is to ensure that children at our academies enjoy the best education from the early years to the end of the primary stage.We work in partnership with parents to ensure that all our children Believe, Achieve and Succeed.

We have a great team of people working in our Academies.  We believe in our staff. We aim to retain them by investing in professional development, offering opportunities to work across the Trust ensuring Harmony is a GreatPlace2Work. 

Development Opportunity

As a Trust we are fully committed to ensuring that every child has access to excellent educational provision. Our strategic plan is focused on ensuring academy improvement so that every child attends a good school. The trust is focused on maximising its resources, effective collaboration will enable the implementation of its series of frameworks and the high quality CPD offer that supports this.

The Board of Trustees wish to appoint an experienced and successful teacher as Specialist Practitioner. In Harmony, Specialist Practitioners are class teachers primarily deployed to academies as class teachers. They demonstrate excellence in the classroom and are role models amongst their colleagues. The postholder will initially be based at Alvaston Junior Academy but may be deployed the other academies within our Derby Hub.

As a Specialist Practitioner the post holder will be expected to model excellence in teaching and learning. They are also highly skilled in improving outcomes for the most vulnerable including those with Special Educational Needs or identified as disadvantaged.

Each post holder will also be an active member of The Harmony Trust Development Team. They are expected to be flexible and responsive to academy and trust needs. This means the post holder could be required to support colleagues across all academies within the Trust: this could be by delivering CPD or coaching and mentoring colleagues. It could also be leading a specific implementation project.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Alvaston Junior Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 335 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Alvaston Junior Academy website
• Email address: htrecruitment@theharmonytrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/alvaston-junior-academy

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