# Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College

Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College is a secondary school in Cheshire West and Chester, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 651 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E111396. [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Foundation school
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 651
- Council: Cheshire West and Chester
- URN: 111396

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 12 May 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College was 30.3, against 45.3 in Cheshire West and Chester and 46.2 in England.
19.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Cheshire West and Chester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 30.3 | 45.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19.7% | 43.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 31.5% | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 127 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [J H Godwin Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/j-h-godwin-primary-school-e110983): 110 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 32% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Dee Point Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dee-point-primary-school-e111218): 760 m. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Arches Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-arches-community-primary-school-e134897): 810 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Highfield Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfield-community-primary-school-e131421): 920 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Theresa's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-theresas-catholic-primary-school-e111388): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/111396)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/111396)

## How to cite

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