Job Description:

Job information Specialist Practitioner from the Company Derby City Council, this latest Specialist Practitioner job vacancy is located in the city Derby located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Government field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Application closing date 10/06/2025 Working Pattern As specified Salary Grade: Leadership Practitioner Range 1-6 £50,025 - £56,593 a year Contractual hours Blank Basis Full time Job category/type Teaching Attachments Blank Job description

Location: Harmony Trust - Deployed to various academiesHours: Full-TimeContract type: Permanent

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.

We welcome applications from excellent teachers with the following specialisms:

• Ensuring Excellence for All - improving outcomes for those in Disadvantaged circumstances
• Adapting teaching to meet the needs of pupils with SEND or EAL
• Accelerating pupil progress for those with gaps in their education

In order to succeed in this role, we believe the ideal candidate will have:

• 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

We can offer you:

• 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

The Harmony Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all our staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS and pre-employment checks.

Full details of the Trust's recruitment and selection processes can be found in our Safer Recruitment policy: Safer Recruitment Policy

Applications to be made via https://ce0855li.webitrent.com/ce0855li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=1880192IPm

The closing date for this vacancy is 11.59pm on 13th June 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Keywords : Derby jobs
Closed Date : 2025-08-13