Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery

Community school·Primary school Harwich, Essex·CO12 4NB
Composite score
53.3
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#6,094
National rank
#643
In East of England
#184
In Essex
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
48 first choices, 48 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
78
any preference, for 48 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.9020230.9720241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
449
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,508
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery

Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Harwich, Essex, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 449 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 64% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 48 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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