Schoolfile
Search

Community school · Essex

Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery

  • 3–11Ages
  • 445Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 115301URN

Chase Lane, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4NB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodDec 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jan 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.7 below Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

78 applications for 48 places · 313th of 363 in Essex
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
64%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodDec 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jan 2024

Inspection history

  1. 24 January 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 4 December 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Essex median (2.4) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

78 applications · 48 places offered · 48 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 1.9; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 1.9; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 2.2; Essex median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.0; Essex median median 2.8
  12. 2015 2.0; Essex median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.0; Essex median median 2.8
More applications per place than the Essex median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202648781.6481.00
Sep 202556971.7561.00
Sep 2024601031.7580.97
Sep 202361971.6550.90
Sep 202250941.9490.98
Sep 202149921.9491.00
Sep 2020601021.7601.00
Sep 2019591011.7580.98
Sep 2018591131.9631.07
Sep 2017601302.2741.23
Sep 2016601202.0721.20
Sep 2015601222.0631.05
Sep 2014601222.0641.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 73% · Maths 80% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%205th of 387 in Essex
Reading
Expected standard81%
Higher standard44%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth12%
Maths
Expected standard80%
Higher standard36%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2564%10%107107
2023/2460%8%105105
2022/2365%13%105105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
115301 · 881/5261
Capacity
420 pupils · 445 on roll
Free school meals
29.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Chase Lane, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4NB
Local authority
Essex · Tendring

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources