Ref: 000385 Greenhill Academy Permanent September Start Lead Practitioner Range 1 6, 50,025 - 56,593 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. Our vision is to provide an excellent primary education that gives our children the very best chance of succeeding in life. Parents are very important to achieving this vision and we aim to work in partnership with them to ensure that all our children Believe Achieve Succeed. 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 believe that school should be a place where every child achieves and makes progress in their learning. We believe in the importance of children developing well-being and high self-esteem if they are to learn and do well. We also believe in The Harmony Trust being an organisation whereLearning Mattersand where children become confident learners and staff are committed to learning and education. We have a great team of people working in our Academies. We aim to retain them by investing in professional development, offering opportunities to work across the Trust ensuring Harmony is a great place to work. Development Opportunity: As a Trust we are fully committed to ensuring that every child has access to excellent educational provision and that all our academies are Great Places2Learn. 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 experienced and successful teachers as Specialist Practitioners. Specialist Practitioners are class teachers primarily deployed to academies as class teachers. They are expected to be flexible and responsive to academy and trust needs and be deployed to meet need when needed. 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. 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. Work for the Development Team will mainly be through Microsoft Teams, however the post holder may also be required to travel to Oldham/Tameside/Derby on occasions. We welcome applications from excellent teachers with one or more of the following specialisms: EAL including Newly Arrived Pupils Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Ensuring Excellence for All - improving outcomes for those in Disadvantaged circumstances at KS2 or KS1 Early Years Foundation Stage 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 Interviews will hold on the week starting Monday 9th December 2024 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 Final (1).pdf (schoolspider.co.uk) A copy of the school's Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be found here HERE. To apply, please follow the link HERE.