Chace Community School is a

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secondary school and

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located in

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. It is situated on Churchbury Lane with its fields backing on to Baker Street. Chace is spelled with a 'c' rather than a 's', despite the school being close to the Chase Side area of Enfield. The school logo is the

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(the same as the

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logo). Its colours are black and red.

Houses

Until September 2003, the school had four

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, named after four local large estates. These are listed below with the house colour in brackets. * Capel (red) named after

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. Now the home of Capel Manor College for agricultural related studies * Myddelton (green) named after Myddelton House. Now the home of Myddelton House Gardens * Trent (blue) named after Trent Park, Trent House. Now within

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* Whitewebbs (yellow) named after Whitewebbs House. Now a Toby Carvery pub.

Performance

GCSE level (Key Stage 4)

The school is in the top half of the

league table with 89% achieving 5 GCSEs at grade C or above in 200

In 2008, 44% achieved 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above (including Maths and English
Chace Community School

A Level (Key Stage 5)

In 2005, the average UCAS points score was 211.5 per student, equivalent to 3 grade B at A Leve

QCA Points In 2006 the average points score per examination entry was 235.5, equivalent to just under a grade B at A leve
Chace Community School
In 2007 the average points score per examination entry was 242.8, equivalent to just over a grade B at A leve
Chace Community School
In 2008 the average points score per examination entry was 278.3, equivalent to just under a grade A at A Leve
Chace Community School

Headteachers

* Current: Tanya Douglas * Past: Mrs Hill, Mr Higgins, Sue Warrington, Daniel Bruton

Notable former pupils

Will Antwi Agyei William Kwabena "Will" Antwi (born 19 October 1982), is an English-born Ghanaian former professional footballer and head coach for England U15s. As a player, he was a defender who played between 2002 and 2014. He represented the Ghana n ...

, Anglo-Ghanaian footballer * Bambos Charalambous (born 1967), Labour Party MP for Enfield Southgate * Malcolm Needs, screenwriter *

Michelle Ryan Michelle Claire Ryan (born 22 April 1984) is an English actress. She played Zoe Slater on the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' (2000–2005). In 2007, she starred in the short-lived American television series ''Bionic Woman''. She appeared as th ...

, actress, best known for

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in '' EastEnders'' *

Paul Whitehouse Paul Julian Whitehouse (born 17 May 1958) is a Welsh actor, writer and comedian. He was one of the main stars of the BBC sketch comedy series ''The Fast Show'', and has also starred with Harry Enfield in the shows '' Harry & Paul'' and ''Harr ...

, comedian and actor *

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, angling writer and broadcaster.

References

External links

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Key stage 4 Current performance
according to Department for Education and Skills
Key stage 5 Current performance
according to Department for Education and Skills
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