Chase High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Inadequate
Nov 12 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Unique reference
141741
Address
Prittlewell Chase, SS0 0RT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1321 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
19.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.2%
Persistent absence
31.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.3%
Other White 9.8%
African 8.9%
Mixed 7.3%
Pakistani 2.7%
Other Asian 2.7%
Bangladeshi 2.6%
Indian 2.3%
Other 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Caribbean 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 50%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 57%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.1
Local authority average 52.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.39
Local authority average 4.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
MultimediaTechnical Award42
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
Art & DesignGCSE32
BiologyGCSE42
Business Studies:SingleGCSE65
ChemistryGCSE42
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE220
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Chase High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
219
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
181
2nd preference
108
3rd preference
102
From another Local Authority
21
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
169
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
221
120
101
Year 8
248
125
123
Year 9
221
109
112
Year 10
226
115
111
Year 11
221
109
112
Year 12
96
51
45
Year 13
88
44
44
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
90.3%
85.5%
Further education
30.0%
30.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
52.0%
59.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
2.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
44.0%
52.7%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
5.0%
19.2%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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