The Chase School
school in Worcestershire, UK
The Chase School is a secondary school (ages 11–18) in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. The school opened as a Secondary Modern in 1953 under headteacher Mr Garth. It was officially opened by Lord Cobham on 26 March 1955. The Chase became a comprehensive with the abolition of selective education in Worcestershire in 1974 and became an academy on 1 November 2011. The school teaches students from Year 7 to Year 13. As of 20 January 2026, The Chase has around 1,400 total students, making it one of the larger schools in Worcestershire, with around 300 of those students in the sixth form. The maximum capacity of the school is stated as 1,679 total students. 17.63% of students require SEN support.
The school is in Barnards Green, a suburb of Malvern, adjacent to the sites of QinetiQ and the Malvern Hills Science Park. Links between the school and these organisations have led to the establishment of the Cyber-security Apprentice Development Scheme, an apprenticeship initiative aimed to encourage more students into the cyber security sector.
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