Chase High School
Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0RT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- DISCOVERY EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Suttenwood
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Discovery Educational Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,340
- Pupils on roll
- 1,293
- URN
- 141741
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01702354441
About this school
Chase High School is a secondary academy in Westcliff-on-Sea. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,293 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Chase High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 166 | 175 | 221 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.1 | 32.5 | 39.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.64 -0.87 to -0.42 | -0.93 -1.15 to -0.70 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 19.4% | 31.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 41.7% | 50.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 39% | 49.7% | 52% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Chase High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Southend-on-Sea average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35.1 | 48.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 32.5 | 43.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.2 | 45.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,224 |
| 2023/24 | 1,318 |
| 2024/25 | 1,321 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chase High School compares
Chase High School ranked 9th of 12 secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.2 | 10.3% | 41.7% | 1,293 | — |
| Southend High School for Boys | 73.8 | 4.4% | 7.5% | 1,332 | 0.3 miles |
| St Thomas More High School | 52.3 | 4.7% | 15.6% | 1,243 | 0.8 miles |
| Westcliff High School for Boys Academy | 77.6 | 3.8% | 7.5% | 1,309 | 0.9 miles |
| Westcliff High School for Girls | 75.6 | 4.7% | 9.5% | 1,354 | 0.9 miles |
| St Bernard's High School | 54.9 | 5.2% | 17.4% | 1,001 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.69%
- English as an additional language
- 19.8%
- Overall absence
- 10.33%
- Persistent absence
- 33.94%
Location
Nearby schools
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Southend High School for Boys0.3 miles
Secondary · Southend-on-Sea
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St Thomas More High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Westcliff-on-Sea
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Westcliff High School for Boys Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Westcliff-on-Sea
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Westcliff High School for Girls0.9 miles
Secondary · Westcliff-on-Sea
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St Bernard's High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Westcliff-on-Sea
Other schools in Westcliff-on-Sea
Chase High School ranks 5th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Westcliff-on-Sea.
- St Bernard's High School Secondary
- St Thomas More High School Secondary
- Westcliff High School for Boys Academy Secondary
- Westcliff High School for Girls Secondary
- Barons Court Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Earls Hall Primary School Primary
- Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery Primary
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Westborough School Primary
- Compass Community School Boleyn Park Special schools
- Lancaster School Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Chase High School teach?
- Chase High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Westcliff-on-Sea.
- Who is the headteacher of Chase High School?
- The headteacher of Chase High School is Mr Matthew Suttenwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Chase High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chase High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Chase High School?
- Chase High School has 1,293 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Chase High School full?
- Chase High School has capacity for 1,340 pupils and 1,293 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Chase High School a faith school?
- No. Chase High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Chase High School a selective school?
- No. Chase High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Chase High School part of an academy trust?
- Chase High School is part of DISCOVERY EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Chase High School have?
- The schools register lists Chase High School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Chase High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.1 in 2022/23 and 39.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Chase High School compare with other schools in Southend-on-Sea?
- Chase High School ranked 9th of 12 secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Chase High School's absence rate?
- Chase High School's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chase High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chase High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.