Bishop Challoner Catholic School

At a glance

Type

Academy converter (state-funded)

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11 to 18

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Pupils

867 census January 2026

Capacity

1,650

Admissions policy

Non-selective

Sixth form

Yes

Executive Headteacher

Mr Adam Hall

Trust

LUX MUNDI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Address

352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB

Borough

Tower Hamlets

Telephone

02077919500

DfE reference (URN)

150606

Website

bishopchallonerfederation.towerhamlets.sch.uk

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Key dates for 2027 entry

Year 7 (11+)

1. Application deadlineSaturday 31 October 2026Closes in 21 days

   National closing date for Year 7 applications: Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply through your home borough's coordinated scheme (eAdmissions), not directly to the school.

   Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026

2. National offer dayMonday 1 March 2027Upcoming

   Secondary National Offer Day: Monday 1 March 2027. Offers are released by your home borough.

   Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026

3. Accept your offerMonday 15 March 2027Open

   Deadline to accept your secondary offer: Monday 15 March 2027.

   Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026

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A status ("Closes in 12 days") is shown only for a closing date we have checked, worked out from today's date, 10 October 2026. Other dates are printed as the school published them, with its own wording beside them. Dates given only as "early January" are shown as approximate and never counted down. Always confirm with the school or council.

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Admissions

You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day. Schools with a religious character often ask for a supplementary information form as well, returned to the school by the same deadline.

61 first-preference applications and 181 applications naming it at any preference for 90 places offered (September 2026 entry, DfE)

These are counts of applications and offers on national offer day. They are not a chance of getting in: places are allocated by the school's published admissions criteria, such as siblings, distance or faith.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary school applications and offers · entry years up to 2026/27 · last checked 9 October 2026

Tower Hamlets: Year 7 offers, September 2026 entry

Across the borough, 79.1% of applicants were offered their first preference and 96.6% were offered one of their preferences (2,716 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026

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Inspection

Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Results

GCSE (key stage 4), 2024/25

• Attainment 8 score
  44.6This school47.4Tower Hamlets46.1England, state-funded
• % achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  46%This school48%Tower Hamlets45%England, state-funded
• % achieving grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
  64%This school67%Tower Hamlets65%England, state-funded
• % entering the English Baccalaureate
  31%This school54%Tower Hamlets40%England, state-funded
• EBacc average point score
  3.94This school4.27Tower Hamlets4.09England, state-funded

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 208 pupils in the cohort

A level (16 to 18), 2024/25

• A level average result, expressed as a grade
  C+This schoolCTower HamletsB-England, state-funded
• A level average point score per entry
  34.7This school30.9Tower Hamlets35England, state-funded
• Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels
  34.4This school30.8Tower Hamlets35.8England, state-funded
• % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects
  7%This school7%Tower Hamlets18%England, state-funded
• A level value added score
  0.25This school-0.03England, state-funded

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 44 pupils in the cohort

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Pupils and context

Eligible for free school meals

31.2% January 2026

English as an additional language

23.3%

Receiving SEN support

16.1%

With an Education, Health and Care Plan

3.2%

Girls / boys

51% / 49%

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25

Attendance and staffing

Overall absence

8.8% 2024/25

Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)

27.7%

Pupils per teacher

13.7 2025/26

Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026

Places

Places

1,650

Pupils on roll

1,028

Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25

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Nearby schools

Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).

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Compare with similar schools

Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.

• Bishop Challoner Catholic School and Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School0.4 miles apart
• Bishop Challoner Catholic School and Wapping High School0.4 miles apart
• Bishop Challoner Catholic School and Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College0.5 miles apart
• Bishop Challoner Catholic School and London Enterprise Academy0.6 miles apart

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