Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5JH
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 651 (349 boys, 302 girls)
- Capacity: 750
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 48.5%
- Telephone: 01244371475
- Ofsted: Requires improvement (28 Nov 2023); report card, no overall grade (inspected 12 May 2026)
- Attainment 8: 30.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 98 applications, 78 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Cheshire West and Chester
- J H Godwin Primary School (0.1 miles, straight line)
- Dee Point Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- The Arches Community Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- Highfield Community Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School (1.6 miles, straight line)
