Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
About the school
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College is an open secondary school in Cheshire West and Chester.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 12 May 2026
- Published
- 24 June 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
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 inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 33.2
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 44.6
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Cheshire West and Chester
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 17.30%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 42.40%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 36.80%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 62.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 8.30%
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 40.40%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.59
- Cheshire West and Chester
- 3.96
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
705
Girls
46.24%
Boys
53.76%
SEN support
22.84%
Education, health and care plan
6.67%
English as an additional language
7.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
47.38%
Overall absence
14.64
Persistent absence
43.17
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
126
Sustained education or employment
75%
Education
62%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
10%
Not sustained
15%