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Chace Community School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 40 39.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
39.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
34% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
6.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.60 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 42.1[6] 38.7%[6]
2023/24 38[4] 28.7%[4] -0.60[4]
2022/23 42.1[7] 37%[7] -0.15[7]
2021/22 44.8[8] 42%[8] -0.20[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2.9% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 16.2%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 8.2%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 13%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 5.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
51% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
33% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[15] 57%[15] 4%[15] 26%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 65%[16] 2%[16] 24%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 65%[17] 1%[17] 25%[17] 0%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 57%[18] 3%[18] 32%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
75% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
42% 2022/23[19]
Education
52% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
18% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 60%[20] 64%[20] 2%[20] 19%[20]
2020/21 74%[21] 53%[21] 57%[21] 1%[21] 17%[21]
2019/20 81%[22] 51%[22] 59%[22] 1%[22] 20%[22]
2018/19 81%[23] 46%[23] 55%[23] 4%[23] 22%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
71% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
9% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 67%[26] 11%[26]
2019/20 63%[25] 12%[25] 9%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 62%[27] 12%[27] 12%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 63%[28] 6%[28] 5%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
20 Apr 2022[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[29]
Report published
16 Jun 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
2 Mar 2021[30] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 2[30] No overall grade[30]
9 May 2019[31] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
386 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
85 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
127 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 410[32] 96[32] 128[32] 3.2[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 462[32] 119[32] 165[32] 2.8[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 504[32] 120[32] 169[32] 3.0[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2022 369[32] 83[32] 166[32] 2.2[32] 0.5[32]

Furthest distance offered (Distance)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2023 3.117 miles[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1000[1]
Local authority
Enfield[1]
Website
http://www.chace.enfield.sch.uk[1]
District
Enfield[34]
Postcode
EN1 3HQ[1]
URN
102049[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
966 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
37.3% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
14.3% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
4.2% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42.9% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
61%[36]
Mixed
12.7%[36]
Asian
3.6%[36]
Black
15.1%[36]
Any other ethnic group
5.8%[36]
Unclassified
1.7%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    Distance - 110 Furthest distance offered - 3.117 miles (p. 2)
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