Chace Community School is a

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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 Enfield (the same as the

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logo). Its colours are navy and gold.

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 Enfield 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 Tariff, 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 — Anglo-Ghanaian footballer *

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— Labour Party MP for Enfield Southgate * Malcolm Needs — screenwriter *

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— English actress *

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— comedian and actor * John Wilson —

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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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