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The Chase

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,449Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137625URN

Geraldine Road, Malvern, WR14 3NZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.3 below Worcestershire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Worcestershire

318 applications for 231 places · 19th of 21 in Worcestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.9of 90
2nd of 31 in Worcestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 28 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 19 October 2021
    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
1.4applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Worcestershire median (1.7) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

318 applications · 231 places offered · 216 named it first

  1. 2026 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.6; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.5
  6. 2021 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.3; Worcestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.4; Worcestershire median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.5; Worcestershire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Worcestershire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 20262313181.42160.94
Sep 20252353441.52290.97
Sep 20242413561.52501.04
Sep 20232373871.63061.29
Sep 20222373561.52571.08
Sep 20212383261.42270.95
Sep 20202383331.42371.00
Sep 20192163041.41950.90
Sep 20181732631.51470.85
Sep 20171762661.51540.88
Sep 20162413211.32060.85
Sep 20152253131.41950.87
Sep 20142543791.52430.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

237 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.92nd of 31 in Worcestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths56%4th of 31 in Worcestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Worcestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.08
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23751.956%72%–
2024/2523751.952%76%–
2023/2421450.953%72%+0.08
2022/2317449.445%71%+0.06

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137625 · 885/4028
Trust
The Chase School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,679 pupils · 1,449 on roll
Free school meals
19.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 November 2011
Replaced
The Chase (URN 116942)
Address
Geraldine Road, Malvern, WR14 3NZ
Local authority
Worcestershire · Malvern Hills

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources