Chatten Free School
Rickstones Road, Rivenhall, CM8 3HH
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- HOPE LEARNING COMMUNITY
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Dean
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Hope Learning Community
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Witham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 75
- Pupils on roll
- 75
- URN
- 148543
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01376433150
About this school
Chatten Free School is a special academy in Rivenhall. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 75 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | - | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | - | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | - | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - |
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 Chatten Free 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50 |
| 2023/24 | 71 |
| 2024/25 | 75 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.41%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 8.37%
- Persistent absence
- 29.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southview School0.5 miles
Academies · Witham
-
Woodend Farm School2.8 miles
Special schools · Witham
-
Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy6.0 miles
Academies · Maldon
-
Maldon Court Preparatory School6.3 miles
Independent schools · Maldon
-
The Edith Borthwick School6.4 miles
Special schools · Braintree
Common questions
- What year groups does Chatten Free School teach?
- Chatten Free School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Rivenhall.
- Who is the headteacher of Chatten Free School?
- The headteacher of Chatten Free School is Mr Adam Dean, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Chatten Free School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chatten Free 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 big is Chatten Free School?
- Chatten Free School has 75 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Chatten Free School full?
- Chatten Free School has capacity for 75 pupils and 75 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Chatten Free School a faith school?
- No. Chatten Free School has no designated religious character.
- Is Chatten Free School a selective school?
- No. Chatten Free School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Chatten Free School?
- Chatten Free School is part of HOPE LEARNING COMMUNITY. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Chatten Free School have?
- The schools register lists Chatten Free School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Chatten Free School's absence rate?
- Chatten Free School's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chatten Free School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chatten Free 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 10 July 2026.