Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Tower Hamlets
352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 24/11/2021
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.2%
27.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
867
Capacity used
Has space53%
1,650 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
67 of 67 families who put it first got an offer
120
Places offered
217
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 67 | 67 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 46 | 11 | ● 24% |
| 3rd preference | 43 | 4 | ● 9% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 61 | 3 | ● 5% |
| Total | 217 | 85 | 39% |
Tower Hamlets lets families list 6 preferences. 58 applications came from outside the council area (17 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Adam Hall
- Address
- 352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB
- Phone
- 02077919500
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Ward / constituency
- Shadwell · Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150606
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 31% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LUX MUNDI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
867 pupils · 1,650 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 21
24 November 2021
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 943 pupils
Attendance
91.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 31.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.94 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 208 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.71 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 6.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 44 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 208 | 20% | 48% | 68% | |
| English Language | 208 | 16% | 47% | 67% | |
| Religious Studies | 207 | 17% | 49% | 66% | |
| English Literature | 203 | 20% | 58% | 74% | |
| Combined Science | 196 | 17% | 43% | 54% | |
| History | 121 | 14% | 45% | 56% | |
| Social Studies | 54 | 17% | 54% | 70% | |
| Geography | 48 | 8% | 33% | 56% | |
| Spanish | 36 | 36% | 58% | 72% | |
| French | 34 | 24% | 59% | 74% | |
| Physical Education | 27 | 0% | 33% | 59% | |
| Music | 21 | 5% | 24% | 33% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 19 | 11% | 16% | 42% | |
| Mathematics | 19 | 16% | 42% | 58% | |
| Business Studies | 18 | 0% | 6% | 44% | |
| Economics | 16 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Sociology | 15 | 13% | 40% | 87% | |
| Computer Science | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Religious Studies | 8 | 13% | 13% | 50% | |
| History | 7 | 0% | 0% | 29% | |
| Physics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11822: Bishop Challoner Catholic School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Tower Hamlets council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.