Following his time in Switzerland, he moved for a short spell to Paris to study. After he returned to England, he was master at Durham School until 1904. It is not known if he still played football, but he returned to cricket. Chaffey obtained his Master of Arts at Eton College in 1905 and was ordained deacon in Oxford in 1909. He published language teaching books, under them Bell's First German Course, Publisher: G. Bell & Sons, London, in 1907.
