Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Nov 29 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Unique reference
111396
Address
Melbourne Road, Blacon, CH1 5JH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
723 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
55.0%
Girls
45.0%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
47.3%
Persistent absence
42.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.8%
Other White 5.5%
Mixed 1.8%
African 1%
Other 0.8%
Other Black 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.65
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.1
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.66
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
Speech & DramaTechnical Award24
Sports StudiesTechnical Award58
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE33
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE37
BiologyGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
112
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
111
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
11
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
111
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
89
61
Year 8
158
82
76
Year 9
146
75
71
Year 10
141
84
57
Year 11
128
68
60
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
69.0%
83.3%
85.6%
Further education
54.0%
33.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
14.0%
31.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
17.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
19.0%
7.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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