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What Kingston can Offer

The Royal Borough of Kingston has a workforce of around 70,000, who possess a level of skills amongst the highest in the country, stemming from its academic links, high tec engineering tradition and service economy strengths. Kingston is a centre of excellence in education with top quality schools in both the public and private sectors that consistently achieve some of the best GCSE results in the country. The town is also home to Kingston University (with its highly rated Business and Technology faculties), and Kingston College.

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Equal opportunities

It is the policy of Kingston Council to ensure that all employees are recruited, trained and promoted on the basis of ability, the requirements of the job and similar and objective criteria. All employees are equally encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities for training and development.

It is also the Council's policy that no employee or job applicant should receive more or less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, nationality, colour, ethnic or national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, creed or disability in any matters to do with employment.