Head of Centre
Fordway Centre, Ashford, Surrey, TW15 3DU21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April or September 2026
Closing date
1 December 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale L9–L13 (Fringe)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Inclusive Education Trust (IET) is a Multi Academy Trust comprising three Alternative Provision (AP) academies: Reigate Valley College, Wey Valley College and the Fordway Centre (FWC). All three academies are Ofsted Outstanding and are proudly child-centred - every strategic decision is grounded in what benefits the children and young people that we work with.
About Fordway Centre (FWC)FWC is a newly purpose-built AP primary academy (ages 5–11) in Ashford, Surrey. We provide a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum for pupils who find it difficult to access mainstream education, and we do so with innovation, compassion and high expectations.
The role
We are seeking an inspirational, forward-thinking Head of Centre with a proven track record of successful leadership to take FWC into its next phase. You’ll provide strategic direction, develop our excellent staff team, and ensure the very best outcomes for our pupils.
Key duties include:
Strategic leadership and day-to-day management of FWC
Curriculum, teaching and learning oversight
Safeguarding and inclusion leadership across the Centre
Staff development, performance and wellbeing
Partnership working across IET and with external agencies (Please see the attached Job Description for full details.)
About you
You will bring:
Appropriate qualifications and a strong record of impact
The ability to lead and inspire diverse teams
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
A collaborative approach to working across a multi-academy trust
Creativity and commitment to educating vulnerable children and young people
A good sense of humour!
What the school offers its staff
We offer
Fabulous children and young people
A friendly, committed and collaborative staff team
A generous salary package and benefits
Trust-wide training and development opportunities
A genuine commitment to staff wellbeing and workload
Free tea, coffee and biscuits!
Further information about the job
We warmly welcome visits. To discuss the role or arrange a visit, please contact Amy Smith, Director of Education at asmith@ietmat.co.uk.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosing and Barring checks along with other relevant pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
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About Fordway Centre
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- School size
- 6 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Fordway Centre website
- Email address
- asmith@ietmat.co.uk
Fordway Centre (FWC) is a 5 – 11 Alternative Provision 'AP' school set over a single campus in Ashford, Middlesex. The school is based on a single site, for 24 pupils at KS1 and 2, currently located in a comfortable temporary building in Guildford but will be moving to our brand new, purpose built school in Ashford, Surrey, in September 2024. The school is based on a single site, for 24 pupils at KS1 and 2.
From April 2025 you will join us at our stunning brand new purpose-built school where innovation meets inspiration, our facilities are designed to empower the staff and students, fostering a dynamic learning atmosphere where creativity and collaboration thrive.
Our aim is to reduce the numbers of pupils who are permanently excluded from school by offering mainstream schools an alternative to exclusion. We work closely with our Mainstream School partners to support early intervention so as to avoid permanent exclusion through a range of interventions so pupils can be supported, either within their mainstream school or at the college.
FVC became part of the Inclusive Education Trust (IET) which formed in September 2021 and works alongside Reigate Valley College (Reigate) and the Wey Valley College (Guildford)y Centre (Ashford Mdx). So whilst you get the benefits of working within a small and supportive setting, by working so closely with our other PRU’s we also provide you with a wide network of support, excellent opportunities for continued professional development and diverse opportunities for career progression.
IET Values:
We will ensure a culture of integrity championing high-performance that is underpinned by our core values of:-
HONESTY, RESPECT, COMPASSION
by consistently championing:-
Creative innovation, Bespoke Inclusion, Supportive, Collaboration
Arranging a visit to Fordway Centre
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email asmith@ietmat.co.uk.
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