Blacon High School, officially Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College, is a
coeducational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...
secondary school located in
Blacon in the
English county of
Cheshire.
As a
foundation school, Blacon is administered by
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority of Cheshire West and Chester. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services ...
. The school moved into a new building in 2016 as part of the Priority Schools Building Programme.
Blacon High School offers
GCSEs
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...
,
BTECs and
Cambridge Nationals
Cambridge Nationals are a vocational qualification in the United Kingdom introduced by the OCR Examinations Board to replace the OCR Nationals. These are Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications for students aged 14 to 16 and are usually a two-year c ...
as programmes of study for pupils. There are also some vocational courses available.
References
External links
Blacon High School official website
Secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Foundation schools in Cheshire West and Chester
Specialist sports colleges in England
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