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Voluntary aided school · Birmingham

Bishop Challoner Catholic College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,184Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 103560URN

Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7EG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.2per place
0.9 above Birmingham median (4.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BirminghamSelective

1,025 applications for 198 places · 31st of 83 in Birmingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.9of 90
20th of 88 in Birmingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 January 2026Published 28 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 January 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 13 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
5.2applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Birmingham median (4.2) 2.9 above England median (2.2)

1,025 applications · 198 places offered · 182 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 5.2; Birmingham median median 4.2
  2. 2025 4.8; Birmingham median median 4.3
  3. 2024 5.7; Birmingham median median 4.0
  4. 2023 5.4; Birmingham median median 4.1
  5. 2022 5.7; Birmingham median median 4.5
  6. 2021 5.5; Birmingham median median 4.3
  7. 2020 6.0; Birmingham median median 4.8
  8. 2019 5.9; Birmingham median median 4.8
  9. 2018 6.1; Birmingham median median 4.6
  10. 2017 5.5; Birmingham median median 4.5
  11. 2016 5.0; Birmingham median median 3.8
  12. 2015 4.6; Birmingham median median 3.6
  13. 2014 4.7; Birmingham median median 3.5
More applications per place than the Birmingham median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Birmingham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261981,0255.21820.92
Sep 20252101,0154.82050.98
Sep 20242001,1345.72331.17
Sep 20232101,1255.42161.03
Sep 20221981,1315.72341.18
Sep 20212001,0985.52521.26
Sep 20202001,2056.02411.21
Sep 20191931,1435.92241.16
Sep 20181801,1036.12441.36
Sep 20171829965.52441.34
Sep 20161798865.02391.34
Sep 20151808214.62361.31
Sep 20141808424.72811.56

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

185 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.920th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths49%36th of 88 in Birmingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%
  • This school
  • Birmingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.20
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18551.949%74%–
2024/2519148.453%69%–
2023/2419353.162%84%+0.20
2022/2319252.056%73%+0.16

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
103560 · 330/5413
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,304 pupils · 1,184 on roll
Free school meals
38.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7EG
Local authority
Birmingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources