Newsletters
To support all of our parents in reading our newsletters we are putting them on our website. This can then be translated into any language using the translate button at the top of the webpage.
Letter sent out to parents 24.2.25
Dear Parents/Carers of Chestnut Park, As you will be aware, we are 1 of 43 schools in GLF which is a multi academy trust. Within this trust, school leaders and staff work collaboratively together and support each other, sharing their expertise and experience with each other and their schools.
Sarah Rumbol, Chestnut Park’s Head of School, has been asked to spend some time at another local school within GLF, Marden Lodge Primary School in Caterham, to support the team there as “Interim Head of School” for the remainder of this academic year. This is both a supportive measure for Marden Lodge and a professional development opportunity for Mrs Rumbol. In turn, the Deputy Head Teacher from Marden Lodge, Miss Michelle Staples, will be coming to Chestnut Park for the remainder of the academic year to work alongside Mrs Jacob, Executive Headteacher as “Associate Deputy Headteacher” alongside Miss Poonian (current Deputy Headteacher) and the current senior leadership team. Miss Staples also brings a wealth of experience and expertise to Chestnut Park and is very excited to meet the community and immerse herself in school life.
This is a temporary move and the proposed plan is for Mrs Rumbol to return to Chestnut Park for the start of September 2025 as Head of School.
Miss Staples will be completing a thorough handover with Mrs Rumbol, Mrs Jacob and the current senior leadership team at Chestnut Park during the week beginning 24th February and they will commence their new, temporary roles from week beginning 3 rd March.
Mrs Rumbol holds the Chestnut Park community very close to her heart (“Chestnut Park is in our Hearts!”) and will miss you all dearly during this interim period of time. She will be back to visit at different times over the next few months and this is a “see you later”, not a “goodbye”.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to speak to Mrs Jacob or Mrs Rumbol. This letter is also on the school website under the ‘News and Events-Newsletters’ tab where it can be translated into different languages.
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