Cover Supervisor

Cover Supervisor 

Pay Range: SLT Support Grade D

Hours: 35 hours a week (8am to 3.30pm each day) Term Time plus 2 INSET Days  

Approximate starting salary: £26,428 -£27,275 FTE (actual £19,489.57 - £20,114.20) 

Deadline: 8am, Friday 9th October 2026 

Start Date: As soon as possible 

We are seeking an exceptional candidate with the energy, passion and creativity to work as a Cover Supervisor in both the Primary and Secondary phases of our thriving All-Through school. Although the cover could be across both phases of our school, candidate preference and prior experience will be considered where possible. The successful candidate would need to be in school from 8am till 3.30pm on each day. This is a term time position. This role would be well suited to a learning support assistant looking for their next challenge, someone considering teaching as a career, or a newly qualified teacher wanting to gain further experience in the classroom.  

CFS is a vibrant, 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. Our values of ‘nurture, challenge and inspire’ influence everything we do as a school, and genuinely permeate all areas of school life. If you are a strong practitioner who shares 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. 

There is something extremely unique and special about working in an All-Through environment; the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work creatively with colleagues from both phases helping to develop a cohesive and truly progressive educational experience for all learners. Ideally, the successful candidate will have previous school experience, and will be committed to embracing the unique and special environment and opportunities of working in an All-Through school. 

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 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 of Year 7 who started in September 2023, with over 150 pupils currently on roll in this year group, with a similar sized cohort joining Secondary in September 2025. 

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 Western Region 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 fully graded Ofsted Inspection – we were graded at least a strong Good in all areas and Outstanding in Personal Development. As a school we are now striving for excellence in all areas, and to achieve above average outcomes in both phases.  

CFS is open to pupils of all abilities. 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 removed] or on [phone removed]. 

Candidates should complete an application form and supporting statement addressing the criteria presented in the role description and person specification by Friday 9th October at 8am. 

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.