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Secondary school in Burntwood, Staffordshire

Chase Terrace Academy

Bridge Cross Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 2DB

Sixth form
School website 01543682286

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 29 April 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

44.3 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

36% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

67% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.8 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

37% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.45confidence interval -0.63 to -0.27

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as below average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
32.9

England average 32.3

A level students
69

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1172
Places
1411
How full
83% full — 1172 of 1411 places taken
Girls / boys
616 / 556
Overall absence
10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
25%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
23%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
2%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
12%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
90%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
83%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
35%
No sustained destination
6%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
245

After sixth form

Went to university
56%

England 50%

In education, work or training
91%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
9%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
70

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

15% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
60%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
82

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Lichfield 009D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
22%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
20%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
82%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
7%

England 17%

Households with no car
13%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
41%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
JOHN TAYLOR MAT
Headteacher
Headteacher: Nicola Mason
Local authority
Staffordshire
Ward
Boney Hay & Central
Constituency
Lichfield
URN
143899

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Erasmus Darwin AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 47.8 1.1 mi
Norton Canes High SchoolCommunity school Requires improvement 2024 34.8 1.5 mi
Brownhills Ormiston AcademyAcademy converter No grade 37.1 2 mi
Kingsmead SchoolAcademy converter No grade 48.5 2.9 mi
Shire Oak AcademyAcademy converter No grade 35 3.4 mi
The Friary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 57.8 3.7 mi
Great Wyrley AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 39 3.8 mi
Cannock Chase High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 42.1 3.9 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Wimbledon CollegeVoluntary aided school Good 2023 57
Chosen Hill SchoolAcademy converter No grade 48.6
Kennet SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 46.5
Hadleigh High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 43.6
Diss High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 46.6
Priory Community SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 44.2
Northwood SchoolAcademy converter No grade 58.4
Acle AcademyAcademy converter Good 2022 46.9

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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