Attendance and Family Liaison Officer

Chichester Free School, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 1NP

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: 27,275.00 - £29,866.00 fte

Attendance and Family Liaison Officer job summary

Attendance and Family Liaison Officer

Pay Range: SLT Payscale E/F £27,275 - £29,866fte

Hours: 37.5 per week, Term Time plus 2 INSET days

Approximate starting salary: £21,550.93 - £23,598.17 (actual)

Deadline: 9:00am on Friday 20th November

Start Date: 4th January 2026 (or as soon as possible)

We are seeking an exceptional administrative and pastoral candidate with the energy, passion and creativity to work as an Attendance and Family Liaison Officer in our thriving All-Through school. The successful candidate will be able to work between the hours of 0730 and 1530 Monday to Friday. The main priority of the role is to ensure all pupils are registered correctly every day and to follow up on any absence concerns, as well as working with families to support the overall good attendance at school.

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 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.

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 Recruitment Process

For further information and an informal discussion about this post, please do not hesitate to contact us via recruitment@chichesterfreeschool.org.uk or on 01243 792690.

Candidates should complete an application form and supporting statement addressing the criteria presented in the role description and person specification. Completed applications should be sent to recruitment@chichesterfreeschool.org.uk by 9:00am on Friday 20th November.

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

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

CFS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In accordance with our Child Protection Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared when applying. The applicant may post such a declaration in an envelope marked ‘Private & confidential for the Principal’. The successful applicant must obtain List 99 clearance and DBS clearance at enhanced level.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Chichester Free School

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 4 to 19
• Education phase: All through school
• Size: 1118 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Chichester Free School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chichester-free-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 of Year 7 who started in September 2023, with 150 pupils currently on roll.

The School joined Sussex Learning Trust last September – 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. Since 2013, CFS has achieved two ‘Good’ Ofsted Inspections. 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 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.

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