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Chase High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,293Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141741URN

Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0RT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

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
2.0per place
0.7 below Southend-on-Sea median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Southend-on-SeaSelective

362 applications for 182 places · 11th of 12 in Southend-on-Sea
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.5of 90
11th of 12 in Southend-on-Sea
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 24 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
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. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 12 November 2024
    Graded inspection, no overall grade

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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Southend-on-Sea median (2.7) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

362 applications · 182 places offered · 113 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.4; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.8
  4. 2023 2.4; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.9
  5. 2022 2.0; Southend-on-Sea median median 2.7
  6. 2021 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.4
  7. 2020 1.3; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.2
  8. 2019 1.5; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.1
  9. 2018 1.6; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.9
  10. 2017 1.3; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5
  11. 2016 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5
  12. 2015 1.7; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Southend-on-Sea median median 3.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Southend-on-Sea median in 0 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • Southend-on-Sea median

Dashed bars: as Chase High School (URN 131146), The Prittlewell Technology College (URN 115234), the previous school.

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 20261823622.01130.62
Sep 20252195292.41810.83
Sep 20242215872.72000.90
Sep 20232425682.41790.74
Sep 20221953982.01530.78
Sep 20212243801.71300.58
Sep 20202242861.3880.39
Sep 20191612341.5620.39
Sep 20181953031.61020.52
Sep 20171942591.3920.47
Sep 20161943201.71070.55
Sep 2015 *1903191.71100.58
Sep 2014 *1943571.81310.68

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

220 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.511th of 12 in Southend-on-Sea
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%11th of 12 in Southend-on-Sea
Grade 4 or above in English and maths51%
  • This school
  • Southend-on-Sea median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.93
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22038.527%51%–
2024/2522139.232%51%–
2023/2417532.519%42%−0.93
2022/2316635.123%48%−0.64

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
141741 · 882/4000
Trust
Discovery Educational Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,340 pupils · 1,293 on roll
Free school meals
40.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Opened
1 April 2015
Replaced
Chase High School (URN 131146); The Prittlewell Technology College (URN 115234)
Address
Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0RT
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea

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