The Chase
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Malvern, Worcestershire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Worcestershire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Chase is a secondary school in Malvern, Worcestershire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Worcestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Chase catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in all 6 earlier years with a published outcome.
- There were 216 first-choice applications for 231 Year 7 offers in 2026, and 15 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2026, 33 of the 318 Year 7 applications (10%) came from families living outside Worcestershire, and 23 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 52% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Worcestershire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Worcestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Geraldine Road, Malvern, WR14 3NZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Worcestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,449 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Warm relationships between pupils, students in the sixth form and staff are a particular feature of the school community.”
- “Pupils typically attend the school well.”
- “The Chase is a school where pupils are happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, this is not the case for disadvantaged pupils, who do not attend regularly enough.”
- “The school is working resolutely to improve this, but some of the actions do not demonstrate a secure enough impact yet.”
- “However, in some lessons checks on pupils' understanding are not consistently effective.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 216 first-preference applications, 231 offers in total, 216 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Worcestershire.
- Dyson Perrins CofE Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hanley Castle High School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Christopher Whitehead Language College 6.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College 6.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nunnery Wood High School 7.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Perowne CofE College 8.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Tudor Grange Academy Worcester 8.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Chantry School 9.6 mi Good Last distance published