Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

Cheshire West and ChesterLocal Authority

Chester North and NestonConstituency

CH1 5JHPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 651 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 12 May 2026 · published 24 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 33.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 17.3%
EBacc average point score: 2.59

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

651

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 651
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
24 Mar 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
5 Dec 2021	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
29 Feb 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.