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
Blacon is a council estate on the outskirts of Chester, England. It was once one of the largest council housing estates in Europe.
Geography
Blacon is next to the Welsh border, on a hill one mile north-west of and overlooking Chester. The vill ...
in the
English county of
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's coun ...
.
As a
foundation school, Blacon is administered by
Cheshire West and Chester Council. The school moved into a new building in 2016 as part of the Priority Schools Building Programme.
Blacon High School offers
GCSEs,
BTECs and
Cambridge Nationals 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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