School where Chandler, oddly, is embraced by girl (7)
I believe the answer is:
academy
'school' is the definition.
(I know that academy is a type of school)
'chandler oddly is embraced by girl' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'is embraced by' is an insertion indicator.
'girl' becomes 'amy' ().
The alternating letters of 'chandler' are 'cade'.
'cade' inserted inside 'amy' is 'ACADEMY'.
'where' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for academy that I've seen before include "Establishment for the advancement of knowledge" , "Institution for the advancement of art, science, literature" , "Place of learning" , "Training school" , "Grove" .)