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Chester - Blacon High School or Queen's Park High School?

8 replies

Chessplayer1984 · 25/07/2023 09:06

Hi,

because we have only just now moved to Chester, getting our daughter into a secondary school is difficult. We've been unable to get a place in our schools of choice and in the end been offered a place in QPHS and Blacon HS.

Which one would you recommend out of the two? From our research so far:

Blacon:

  • sports
  • reputation
  • bad area

QP:

  • smaller school
  • a bit farther from us

Thanks

OP posts:
Smoothbananagram · 26/07/2023 00:31

Hi OP, I went to QPHS a long-time ago so can offer no recent insight at all but then the answer would have been Queens Park, hands down. It always had a very comprehensive intake - with a wide-ranging catchment, taking from middle class areas and a couple of poorer areas. Every year there would be kids who left with low outcomes and those who went from the sixth form to Oxbridge. It was genuinely comprehensive and served most pretty well. I hope it's still the same. Blacon is a tougher area and a quick google suggests that the results reflect this still.

TodaysFishIsTroutALaCreme · 26/07/2023 00:48

Not Blacon. Never ever Blacon

YouLando · 28/07/2023 23:07

I also went to QPHS about an aeon ago.... but would definitely agree with the consensus in favour of QPHS, over Blacon.

I've no idea what it's like now, but, as Smoothbanagram says, in my time there it was genuinely comprehensive, and certainly served me well in terms of O and A levels.

StillWantingADog · 28/07/2023 23:08

Def not Blacon!

Itsjeremycorbynsfault · 28/07/2023 23:10

I grew up in Blacon. I did not go to the high school 😂

This was many many years ago but I doubt it's changed

Go Queens Park

needhelpgivelove · 28/07/2023 23:12

Chessplayer1984 · 25/07/2023 09:06

Hi,

because we have only just now moved to Chester, getting our daughter into a secondary school is difficult. We've been unable to get a place in our schools of choice and in the end been offered a place in QPHS and Blacon HS.

Which one would you recommend out of the two? From our research so far:

Blacon:

  • sports
  • reputation
  • bad area

QP:

  • smaller school
  • a bit farther from us

Thanks

Queens Park!! I went to Upton high..I knew people from Queen's Park though and blacon is a huge no 😂 so sorry!

Original poster
Chessplayer1984 · 28/07/2023 23:17

Thanks. What was it like in Upton high? Would you recommend it?

OP posts:
needhelpgivelove · 29/07/2023 09:19

Chessplayer1984 · 28/07/2023 23:17

Thanks. What was it like in Upton high? Would you recommend it?

My older siblings went to Upton high too. I really liked it. It's frustrating because the school itself was great. The classes where great it's just the kids that can be cruel. It's the same with every school. You're a wonderful parent putting this much effort and concern into your child's school. Wherever you choose, I know you'll support your child and it'll work out. Keep smiling

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