Secondary
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5JH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 651 of 750 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.2
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Trust
- Blacon High School Trust
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 92.6
- Pupils per adult
- 7.8
- Pupils
- 723
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
October 2021
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
17%
25 points below the Chester average (42% across 7 schools)
33.2
11.9 below the Chester average (45.1 across 7 schools)
7th of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Chester we can score - 8 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 33.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.59 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 15% |
| 22/23 | 21% |
| 23/24 | 24% |
| 24/25 | 17% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.83 |
| 22/23 | -0.65 |
| 23/24 | -0.63 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.1 |
| 22/23 | 35.1 |
| 23/24 | 37.2 |
| 24/25 | 33.2 |
Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5JH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Cheshire West and Chester admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Rachel Hudson
- Address
- Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5JH
- Telephone
- 01244371475