Ashford Park Primary School is a popular and successful three-form entry primary school located in Ashford, Surrey.
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive school within a diverse community. As such, we have a 25-place specialist centre for children with high COIN (ASC) which provides high-quality education for pupils from Reception through to Year 6.
We are committed to the professional development of our staff to ensure the best possible outcomes for all pupils.
Ashford Park boasts a supportive community of staff, parents and carers, who are dedicated to our children receiving the very best that education has to offer through our vision of ‘Inspiring a love for lifelong learning’. We are passionate about meeting all children’s needs and we are proud to focus on developing the whole child, both academically and holistically, ensuring that our children receive exciting and challenging learning opportunities in order to develop and extend their learning, empowering them to be the very best they can be.
We had a graded Ofsted inspection in February 2024. We are proud to maintain judgements of ‘good’ in all areas and to share the positive report with our community.
"The curriculum is ambitious for all pupils.”
“Staff have expert knowledge of what, and how, to teach."
"The school has provided routine, high-quality professional development."
"Staff are positive about their training and its impact on their workload and wellbeing."
"The school has high expectations of all pupils."
"Consequently, all pupils achieve well."
Ofsted, 2024
We welcome visits to our school and look forward to meeting interested applicants, offering the opportunity to answer any questions you may have.
The deadline for applications is midday on Friday 6th June.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th June.
SAFEGUARDING Ashford Park Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Shortlisted applicants will be required to supply details of any unspent convictions and conditional cautions and any spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). If you are appointed, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The candidate will have safeguarding training as part of their induction to ensure that children are kept safe.
Safeguarding Statement:
Ashford Park Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references, it is an offence to apply for this role if you are banned from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. You are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings which are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out), as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). You are also required to disclose any pending criminal proceedings against you or current police investigations, including those relating to other employment or matters outside work. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from taking up appointment; it will depend on the nature of the offence(s) and their relevance to the post you are applying for. However, should you not declare any of the above and this is subsequently revealed, for example through the DBS check, then this may place your employment in jeopardy. Any information given will be treated in the strictest confidence and with due regard to the ROA and data protection legislation.
We welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
The successful candidate will have safeguarding training as part of their induction programme to ensure that children are kept safe.
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