Chase Terrace Academy

Chase Terrace Academy is a secondary comprehensive school and sixth form within the John Taylor Multi-Academy Trust. This inspection found the school to be performing well across all judged areas, a notable improvement from its previous requires improvement grade. Pupils are respectful, feel safe and speak positively about the school's personal development programme, which is prioritised daily. The school has embedded a carefully designed and ambitious curriculum from Year 7 to Year 13, and increasing numbers of pupils are studying the English Baccalaureate suite of qualifications.

Strengths

• Pupils are polite, respectful and concentrate well in lessons.
• The school has embedded a culture of respect through its community, tenacity and aspiration values.
• Personal development is prioritised daily and helps pupils build skills for adulthood.
• Pupils with SEND have their needs identified precisely and learning is adapted appropriately.
• Reading is prioritised, with effective interventions and a well-used library.
• Careers provision is extensive and pupils meet employers, colleges and higher education providers.
• The curriculum is ambitious and carefully designed from Year 7 through to Year 13.
• Sixth-form students now study courses better suited to their needs.
• Governance is diligent and leaders have an accurate knowledge of strengths and priorities.
• Staff report positively on workload support and well-being.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Behaviour and attitudes have improved since the last inspection.

Areas for Improvement

• Too many pupils do not attend school regularly enough, especially more vulnerable pupils.
• Checks on pupils' and students' learning are inconsistent across the school.
• Some pupils have misconceptions and gaps in knowledge that are not addressed.
• The school does not consistently evaluate the impact of some actions it has undertaken.
• Leaders cannot always accurately identify where improvements have been successful or where further action is needed.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Chase Terrace Academy attended 90.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.3% of pupils at Chase Terrace Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 8 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Chase Terrace Academy had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.7% of pupils at Chase Terrace Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Chase Terrace Academy received £8,012 and spent £8,007 for each of its 1,231 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,141,000 (£927 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of John Taylor Mat, income was £7,398 and spending £7,462 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Burntwood · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Chase Terrace Academy is part of John Taylor Mat, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Kingsmead School Cannock
• Rugeley John Taylor Rugeley
• Fradley Park Primary and Nursery School Lichfield
• Whittington Primary and Nursery School Lichfield
• Yoxall St Peter's CofE Primary School Burton-On-Trent
• All Saints Church of England Primary and Nursery School Burton-On-Trent
• John Taylor High School Burton-On-Trent
• Thomas Russell Infants School Burton-On-Trent
• Needwood CofE Primary School Burton-On-Trent
• All Saints CofE (C) Primary School Burton-On-Trent

What is Chase Terrace Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chase Terrace Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Chase Terrace Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Chase Terrace Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Chase Terrace Academy have?

Chase Terrace Academy has 1,172 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chase Terrace Academy cover?

Chase Terrace Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Chase Terrace Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.3, and 42% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Chase Terrace Academy?

Chase Terrace Academy is at Bridge Cross Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 2DB.