Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College

Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College at a glance

Located in Cheshire West and Chester, Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 705 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 33.2, well below the national average of 46. That is down 4.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

17% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 37% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 74 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 75% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 14.9%. There are about 13.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.