[1] Sixteen years later, Southend Borough Council opened the Junior Day Department at Fairfax Drive which specialised in technical and commercial subjects, but in 1934 it was moved to the Municipal College site at Victoria Circus and Fairfax Senior Mixed School was opened at the site.

[1][2] Prittlewell Technology College was put into special measures by OFSTED in the summer of 2004, with the head teacher Maggie Sanders resigning in June.

[5][6] Chase High School opened in September 2006 as a fresh start school on the site of the former Prittlewell Technology College,[7][8] and opened a new extension in April 2009, which included dance and drama studios, an independent learning centre and a cafeteria which featured fingerprint recognition for students making purchases.

[13] The headteacher, Matt Suttenwood, however made a 33-page complaint, stating the school was "upset, frustrated, and angry" with the conduct of the visit and the report’s content, and left staff "shaking and questioning their careers".

The school also has a partnership with PlayFootball Southend; this is a brand-new £2m, purpose-built football venue that opened in 2007.