Learning Support Assistant
Learning Support Assistant
(Secondary Phase)
Pay Range: SLT Support pay Scale C £25,615 - £26,017 FTE
(actual salary £18,215.37 - £18,501.24)
Term time plus two Inset days
Hours: Monday-Friday 08.15am-3.30pm.
Start Date: Monday 2nd November 2026
We are seeking to expand our dedicated team of Learning Support Assistants. We are looking for colleagues who have the energy, passion and creativity to work as an LSA in our All Through School. Whilst this is an All Through Team, colleagues usually focus on either the Primary or Secondary phase – this opportunity is for the Secondary Phase, working as in class support for children of varied need in Key Stages three and four.
Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the deadline. We are looking to add a full- time member of staff to our team. Your weekly hours would be 33.75 a week.
CFS is a happy, collaborative and forward- thinking school for 4-16 year olds, where the personal development of our pupils is just as important as the academic curriculum. In our recent Ofsted, inspectors observed that CFS is a vibrant, ambitious and inclusive school, where our respectful and friendly pupils are thriving and are well prepared for their adult lives. Our values of ‘nurture, challenge and inspire’ influence everything we do as a school, and genuinely permeate all areas of school life. If you share our values and ideals, we strongly encourage you to find out more about CFS via a visit to the school or through our school website www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk.
CFS follows national pay scales and the starting point within the range listed will be agreed on appointment with the successful candidate.
The School
CFS is now entering its second decade and is fully established in our state-of-the-art facilities on the Carmelite Convent Site on the Hunston Road in the south of Chichester. Our PAN is 60 in Primary, and 120 in Secondary; in almost all year groups we are oversubscribed with waiting lists. Due to demand, we have a bulge intake in two Secondary year groups with nearly 160 pupils in each.
The School joined Sussex Learning Trust in September 2023 – a move that we personally initiated through the desire to collaborate with a like-minded family of schools. The Trust is currently small and based in Haywards Heath; CFS are well placed to launch a new Chichester Hub of the Trust, which is really exciting.
As a Free School, we are the same as any other academy; we are both held and hold ourselves to the same exacting and rigorous standards as all state-funded schools. We follow the national curriculum, and are proud of our ambitious, inclusive and varied curriculum offer. Our pupils engage with SATs and GCSE assessments. In May 2024 we received a very strong full graded Ofsted Inspection – graded at least a strong Good in all areas and Outstanding in Personal Development. In 24-25 we achieved our highest attainment in both Year 6 SATs and Year 11 GCSEs, with some exceptional achievement in multiple areas. As a school we are now striving for excellence in all areas.
CFS is open to pupils of all abilities. We do not have a catchment area, thus ensuring the School is fair and inclusive. We take part in the West Sussex County Council (WSCC) admissions process. As a school we benefit from longer holidays, specifically at October half term, Christmas and during the summer.
The Recruitment Process
For further information and an informal discussion about this post, please do not hesitate to contact us via [email protected] or on 01243 792690.
Candidates should complete an application form and supporting statement addressing the criteria presented in the role description and person specification before 8am, Friday 9th October 2026.
Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to this deadline.
A formal contract will be issued once the successful applicant has been appointed. It will be offered subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS, formerly CRB) check.
Sussex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to the equality of opportunity. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to a full disclosure and barring service check before appointment is confirmed, along with other relevant pre-employment checks in line with Safer Recruitment and KCSIE.