Chances Educational Support Services
Chances Educational Support Services is an independent school in Dawlish for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 20 pupils and room for 60.
Red Rock, Sandy Lane, Dawlish, EX7 0AF01626 864412chancesschool.comMrs Kim Hall headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
6 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Devon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 20 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 16 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 47% | 28% | 35% | 28% | 19% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 13% | 6% | 9% | 12% | 19% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawlish College | Academy | 290 m | 782 | Not inspected | 17 | Compare |
| Education and Care (Devon) Ltd At 7-9 Oak Park Villas | Miscellaneous | 440 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Oakwood Specialist College | Special post 16 institution | 450 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Gatehouse Primary Academy | Academy | 650 m | 314 | Report card 2026 | 10 | Compare |
| Westcliff Primary Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 296 | No overall grade 2024 | 2 | Compare |
| Orchard Manor School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 227 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Cockwood Primary School | Academy | 2.1 miles | 86 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
| Hazeldown School | Council | 2.5 miles | 403 | No overall grade 2024 | 69 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Chances Educational Support Services a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Chances Educational Support Services yet.
How many pupils does Chances Educational Support Services have?
20 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 60 places, so it is 33% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Red Rock, Sandy Lane, Dawlish, EX7 0AF
- Telephone
- 01626 864412
- Website
- www.chancesschool.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kim Hall
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward
- Dawlish North East
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 17 July 2017 (new provision)
- URN
- 143407 · LAESTAB 8786066 · UKPRN 10073489
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.