Job description
The Harmony Trust
Hours: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (Term Time plus 5 days)
Contract type: Permanent Opportunity
Location: Initial Deployment to Ash Croft Primary Academy
Our Vision and Values
The Harmony Trust has the highest aspirations for its pupils, parents and staff members. Our vision is to provide an excellent primary education so that every academy is a ‘GreatPlace2Learn.’ 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. Parents are very important to achieving this vision and we aim to work in partnership with them to ensure that all our children achieve our motto: ‘Believe Achieve Succeed’. We believe that school should be a place where every child makes progress in a safe and supportive environment. 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 a ‘GreatPlace2Work’ where staff are supported to thrive by a trust that is 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.
Employment Opportunity
The Board of Trustees wish to provide an opportunity for an enthusiastic Peripatetic SEN EYFS Teaching Assistant to work in as part of the Inclusion Hub across our Derby academies. Deployment will initially be to Ash Croft Primary Academy however future deployment could be supporting children in any of our academies in the Derby area or via an Inclusion Hub provision.
The Harmony Trust was established in February 2014 and currently has 17 schools. This brings with it exciting opportunities for career progression and development for existing and future employees
A level 3 EYFS qualification is required for this post
The Harmony Trust has high expectations of our pupils and staff. We have an excellent reputation and are innovative in our aim for educational excellence.
The successful candidates will have:
• A passion and commitment to working with children with Special Educational Needs and Early Years
• Understanding of the barriers to learning that children with special educational needs may face and be able to use effective strategies to support them
• Experience of developing learning resources that scaffold and support learning
• Awareness of child development and knowledge of how children learn
• Experience of Working with or caring for children of a relevant age to those in the school
• Communication skills to liaise sensitively and effectively with parents and carers
• NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience
• EYFS Level 3 qualification
• Literacy and Numeracy skills equivalent to Level 1 of the National Qualification & Credit Framework
• Completion of Department for Education Teaching Assistant Induction Programme (or to complete within first term)
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:
Closing date: 7th January 2026
Applications are to be made via our website -