Chase High School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0RT · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–18
- Att832.5
- P8-0.9
- EM5+19%
- Absence11.8%
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 136443
Southend High School for Boys
Academy converter · Southend-on-Sea · SS0 0RG
Ages 11–18 · 1,332 pupils · Southend-on-Sea
Ofsted
Outstanding
Attainment 8
73.9
Overall absence
4.9%
Admissions demand
1.55 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2024-06-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.74
−20+2
Attainment 873.9
English & maths grade 5+98%
English & maths grade 4+100%
EBacc entry49%
EBacc APS: 6.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.1%
Unauthorised0.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 909
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.55 · Competitive
1st preferences
247
Places offered
164
1st-preference offers
131
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 884
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 164
- Applications from outside LA
- 579
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 68
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill120%
1,332 pupils · 1,060 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,332
- Boys / girls
- 1,235 / 97
- School capacity
- 1,060
- Capacity fill
- 1,332 / 1,060 (126%)
- Free school meals
- 7.9%
- FSM pupils
- 72
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Boys
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SOUTHEND HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- SOUTHEND HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Worth
Location
- Address
- Prittlewell Chase
- Postcode
- SS0 0RG
- Town
- Southend-on-Sea
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- District
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 13 on roll / 15 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Boys academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Southend-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, 1,332 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 7.9%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Thomas More High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0BW · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–18
- Att849.8
- P80.3
- EM5+57%
- Absence5.3%
1.1 miles away
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0BP · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–18
- Att877.3
- P80.9
- EM5+98%
- Absence4.1%
1.1 miles away
St Bernard's High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 7JS · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–18
- Att855.5
- P80.6
- EM5+65%
- Absence5.2%
1.1 miles away
Westcliff High School for Girls
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0BS · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–18
- Att876.9
- P80.9
- EM5+98%
- Absence4.3%
1.2 miles away
The Eastwood Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Secondary
Leigh-on-Sea · SS9 5UU · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–16
- Att852.6
- P80.4
- EM5+66%
- Absence6.5%
1.5 miles away
Cecil Jones Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Southend-on-Sea · SS2 4BU · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–18
- Att831.2
- P8-0.8
- EM5+16%
- Absence11.0%
1.6 miles away
Southend High School for Girls
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Southend-on-Sea · SS2 4UZ · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–18
- Att875.8
- P80.7
- EM5+100%
- Absence5.6%
2.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Worth
- Telephone
- 01702606200