Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College is a secondary school located in Chester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 27/01/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.1%, which is 3.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Melbourne Road, Chester

School Information

Address: Melbourne Road, Chester, CH1 5JH
Website: http://www.blaconhighschool.net/
Telephone: 01244371475
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Rachel Hudson
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 111396

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 27/01/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 600
Number of Pupils: 671
Number of Boys: 385
Number of Girls: 286

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 19.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.67 Confidence interval -0.98 to -0.37
Of the 69 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 68 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:28%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:75%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:23%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.35
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
J H Godwin Primary School
Melbourne Road , Blacon CH1 5JG 		3out of 4 124 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Dee Point Primary School
Blacon Point Road , Blacon CH1 5NF 		3out of 4 833 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
The Arches Community Primary School
Saughall Road , Blacon CH1 5EZ 		3out of 4 887 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Highfield Community Primary School
Blacon Point Road , Blacon CH1 5LD 		3out of 4 1,001 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Theresa's Catholic Primary School
Kipling Road , Blacon CH1 5UU 		3out of 4 1,299 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
Melbourne Road , Blacon CH1 5JH 		3out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ancora House School
Countess of Chester Health Park , CH2 1BQ 		4out of 4 2,644 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
University of Chester
Parkgate Road , CH1 4BJ 		- not rated 2,760 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Saltney Ferry C.P. School
Saltney Ferry Road , Saltney Ferry CH4 0BN 		- not rated 2,928 yd Welsh establishment Not Applicable Not applicable More About School
Saltney Wood Memorial C.P. School
Boundary Lane , Saltney CH4 8LN 		- not rated 3,120 yd Welsh establishment Not Applicable Not applicable More About School
St Anthony's R.C. Primary School
High Street , Saltney CH4 8SG 		- not rated 3,150 yd Welsh establishment Not Applicable Not applicable More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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