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Chace Community School

Secondary · Enfield · EN1 3HQ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 20 April 2022

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At a glance

880 pupils · 88% of 1,000 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
44.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
37.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.chace.enfield.sch.uk
URN
102049

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 85 families named it first for 127 Year 7 places, 0.67 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 3.117 miles; distance decided places in 9 of the 16 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2008 to 2025. Ofsted last graded it Good on 20 April 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.67 first-choice applications per place

127 places offered · 85 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2025 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.117 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

168 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
42.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
59.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
38.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.8
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C-
26.8
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school42.1
Median of its 12 closest peers41.8
Enfield average46.9
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Colne Primet AcademyColne · 175 miles awayNeeds attention35.4
Ark Pioneer AcademyBarnet · 5 miles awayOutstanding56
Orchard Mead AcademyLeicester · 80 miles awayNeeds attention38.9
Thomas Knyvett CollegeAshford · 23 miles awayNeeds attention38.6
The University of Birmingham SchoolBirmingham · 96 miles awayGood45.5
Lawn Manor AcademySwindon · 73 miles awayGood37.5
Co-op Academy PriesthorpePudsey · 163 miles awayGood41.1
Bacon's CollegeLondon · 11 miles awayGood49.4
The Brittons AcademyRainham · 14 miles awayGood39.5
Hall Green SchoolBirmingham · 92 miles awayGood42.5
Clapton Girls' AcademyLondon · 7 miles awayOutstanding59.4
Walthamstow AcademyLondon · 5 miles awayGood49.2

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
10 of 12 places taken nearly full

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 32% (Enfield 15%, England 59%) · Any other White background 28% (Enfield 28%, England 7%) · Black African 9% (Enfield 17%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Enfield 7%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Enfield 8%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Enfield 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Enfield 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Enfield 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Enfield 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Enfield 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Enfield 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Enfield 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Enfield 2%, England 4%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
26.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.52 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Enfield: 11.94 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
12.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

82.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £58,972; 10.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,242
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (7%) · supplies and services 8% (10%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,689,756; in-year balance +£95,248

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
92%
Continuing in education
90%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
42%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
18%
Any sustained destination
75%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.4%62.3%
Social housing5.6%17.1%
Privately rented15%20.5%
Detached houses1.7%22.9%
Flats16.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van19%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001539 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£520,000645 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£387,500–£602,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£624,000
Semi-detached (131)£612,000
Terraced (359)£535,000
Flat (143)£310,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (2.23 km, 2015 entry): 1,740 sales, median £470,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
11an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
55an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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