WELCOME TO WHEATFIELDS INFANTS' AND NURSERY SCHOOL

Wheatfields Infants'and Nursery School  is an outstanding three form entry school based in the Marshalswick area of St Albans, Hertfordshire.

At Wheatfields, our aim is to provide an excellent, inclusive education where all children are nurtured, valued, encouraged to love learning, and empowered to reach their full potential. 

Our Vision:

·        Everyone feels safe and secure in school

·        The stimulating learning environment supports high quality teaching and learning

·        Children are excited by and engaged in their learning

·        Staff are supported and empowered in their teaching

·        Children develop the knowledge and skills they need through an inspiring, creative curriculum

·        Children grow into confident, resilient, independent learners who are curious and take risks with their learning

·        We all have fun

 Our Core Values are:

·        Care – Prioritising the wellbeing of children, staff, parents and carers

·        Respect – Promoting equity and inclusion, so that all children have full access to the curriculum, and flourish into responsible citizens who respect and value all forms of diversity

·        Enthusiasm – Getting children excited about learning, recognising their effort and achievement

·        Excellence – Having high expectations for all children and staff, and ensuring that every child is appropriately challenged, and every member of staff is trained and enabled to deliver their best

·        Growth – Being open to change and actively seeking out new ideas and new evidence for best practice

·        Engagement – Drawing on the knowledge, strengths and skills of staff, parents, governors, the Alban Academies Trust and our community to meet the needs of our children

Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School is a member of the Ambition Education Trust, a Trust where each school makes a powerful contribution to the on-going progress across the Trust, and we enjoy working in partnership and learning constantly from each other. Working collaboratively we remain focused on continuously improving to provide both rewarding careers for our employees’, and amazing experiences for the young people in our care.

Please visit our website to learn more about our school.

Wheatfields is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to a post at Wheatfields is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.

We are committed to the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status. We expect all our staff to demonstrate a commitment to advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.