St David's High School
Estyn: Special measures
Score
D40
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Flintshire, CH4 0AE
- Distance
- 3.0km away
Blacon High School
Officially Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College
Melbourne Road, Blacon, Chester, CH1 5JH
Local ranking19th of 20 secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Ofsted: Needs attentionUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 12 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 30.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 19.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 31.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 127
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 73.0%
- Continued in education
- 60.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 705
- Boys
- 349 (54%)
- Girls
- 302 (46%)
- Capacity
- 750 (87% full)
- SEND
- 29.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 47.4%
- EAL
- 7.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.7%
- SEN Support
- 22.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,195/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 43.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.9%
- White Other: 5.5%
- Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Other: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Black Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
87.9%
White British
5.5%
White Other
1.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Melbourne Road
Chester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 111396
- UKPRN
- 10015001
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- Blacon High School Trust
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