Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Bishop Challoner Catholic School is a secondary school (Academy converter), ages 11–18, in London, E1, in the Tower Hamlets council area. It has 867 pupils in the published census. Latest Ofsted inspection (24 November 2021): Good. It is listed as non-selective.
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Admissions
| Entry year | Last distance offered | Places (PAN) | Applications | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | Band A: All offered | 210 | 216 | Not published |
2024 | Band A: All offered | 270 | 278 | Not published |
“All offered” means the published group had places for all eligible applicants; its distance is not a cut-off for admission.
Distances are in miles (mi), as in the map app. PAN is the published admission number. Bands and admission groups have separate criteria; school-wide places, applications and offers are not counts for each band. Past offers are a guide, not a promise of a place.
Primary: "Home to school distances will be measured using the shortest walking route" (note 6); catchment-area applicants are prioritised ahead of the borough-wide distance criterion, so the published distance only applies to the (few) places offered to applicants outside their catchment area, and is published in metres (converted to miles here). Secondary: places are allocated mostly by a borough-wide banding test (four bands, by cognitive ability), with distance as the tie-break within each band; the method of measuring that distance is not stated in the prospectus (the table header says "last offer on distance in meters"; converted to miles here).
Places are allocated mostly by a borough-wide banding test (Band A-D, by cognitive ability), with distance the tie-break within each band; "n/a" published for a band means every applicant in that band was offered a place. Published as "last offer on distance in meters"; converted to miles here.
Ofsted
Good — inspected 24 November 2021.
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
Overall effectiveness | Good |
Quality of education | Good |
Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
Personal development | Good |
Leadership and management | Good |
Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Sixth form | Good |
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Term dates
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Results
| Measure | Result | Academic year |
|---|---|---|
Progress 8 | -0.27 | 2023/24 |
Attainment 8 | 44.6 | 2024/25 |
GCSE grade 5+ in English & maths (%) | 46.2 | 2024/25 |
KS4 pupils | 208 | 2024/25 |
A level average point score per entry | 34.71 | 2024/25 |
A level average grade per entry | C+ | 2024/25 |
A level students | 44 | 2024/25 |
Progress 8 compares progress with pupils who had similar primary results; 0 is the national average. Its publication year can differ from the other GCSE results above.
Pupils
| Measure | Pupils / percentage | Data period |
|---|---|---|
Pupils | 867 | 2025/26 |
Eligible for free school meals | 31.8% | 2025/26 |
English as an additional language | 24.2% | 2025/26 |
SEN support | 16.05% | 2024/25 |
Education, health and care (EHC) plan | 3.19% | 2024/25 |
Nearby schools
Other schools in the same council and phase. Ordered by distance where coordinates are available, then by name; locations may be postcode centres.