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Bishop Challoner Catholic School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 867Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 150606URN

352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2021 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.3 below Tower Hamlets median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Tower Hamlets

181 applications for 90 places · 13th of 15 in Tower Hamlets
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.8of 90
15th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 24 November 2021Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.0applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Tower Hamlets median (2.3) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

181 applications · 90 places offered · 61 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.0; Tower Hamlets median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
  3. 2024 1.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7; as the previous school
  4. 2023 0.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.5; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.8; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.1; Tower Hamlets median median 3.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.0; Tower Hamlets median median 3.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Tower Hamlets median median 3.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets median

Dashed bars: as Bishop Challoner Catholic School (URN 100978), the previous school.

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 2026901812.0610.68
Sep 20251202171.8670.56
Sep 2024 *1732791.61000.58
Sep 2023 *1591500.9370.23
Sep 2022 *1281861.5580.45
Sep 2021 *1042262.2680.65
Sep 2020 *1092402.2830.76
Sep 2019 *1292381.8940.73
Sep 2018 *1162442.1840.72
Sep 2017 *1402822.01000.71
Sep 2016 *1322632.0850.64
Sep 2015 *1412872.0970.69
Sep 2014 *1162452.1940.81

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

179 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.815th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%15th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.27
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17943.841%63%–
2024/2520844.646%64%–
2023/24 *23644.043%61%−0.27
2022/23 *13050.950%71%+0.01

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

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  • Urgent improvement
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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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
150606 · 211/4726
Trust
Lux Mundi Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,650 pupils · 867 on roll
Free school meals
31.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2024
Replaced
Bishop Challoner Catholic School (URN 100978)
Address
352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB
Local authority
Tower Hamlets

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