Chase High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 2 2022 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
1318 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
21.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.7%
Persistent absence
34.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.2%
Other White 10.9%
Mixed 6.9%
African 6.8%
Bangladeshi 2.8%
Indian 2.7%
Pakistani 2.7%
Other Asian 2.6%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other 0.8%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.64
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 39%
Local authority average 57%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.1
Local authority average 53.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.1
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
MultimediaTechnical Award34
Art & DesignGCSE23
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE175
English LiteratureGCSE171
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Chase High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
221
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
200
2nd preference
141
3rd preference
106
From another Local Authority
20
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
179
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
252
129
123
Year 8
227
114
113
Year 9
224
114
110
Year 10
223
111
112
Year 11
176
82
94
Year 12
139
69
70
Year 13
77
41
36
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
92.0%
85.6%
Further education
36.0%
28.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
50.0%
62.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
3.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
4.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 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%
55.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
22.9%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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