Bishop Challoner Catholic School
352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Bishop Challoner Catholic School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr JP Morrison
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,650
- Pupils on roll
- 1,243
- URN
- 100978
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
About this school
Bishop Challoner Catholic School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in London. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,243 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Bishop Challoner Catholic School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 130 | 236 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.9 | 44.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.01 -0.24 to +0.26 | -0.27 -0.45 to -0.09 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 43.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 61.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 40% | 44.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 3.9 |
Trends over time
How Bishop Challoner Catholic School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Tower Hamlets average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50.9 | 44.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44 | 44 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 43.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 829 |
| 2023/24 | 1,243 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bishop Challoner Catholic School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.1% | 54.6% | 1,243 | — |
| Bishop Challoner Catholic School | 44.6 | 8.8% | 56.7% | 867 | 0.0 miles |
| Mulberry School for Girls | 55.2 | 5.3% | 51.3% | 1,634 | 0.4 miles |
| Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School | 53.6 | 4.2% | 52.3% | 1,445 | 0.4 miles |
| Wapping High School | 46.9 | 9.8% | 43.2% | 248 | 0.4 miles |
| Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College | 47.5 | 5.9% | 51.1% | 1,364 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.6%
- English as an additional language
- 21.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.1%
- Persistent absence
- 25.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bishop Challoner Catholic School0.0 miles
Secondary · London
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Mulberry School for Girls0.4 miles
Secondary · London
-
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School0.4 miles
Secondary · London
-
Wapping High School0.4 miles
Secondary · London
-
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College0.5 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Bishop Challoner Catholic School teach?
- Bishop Challoner Catholic School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in London.
- Has Bishop Challoner Catholic School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Bishop Challoner Catholic School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Bishop Challoner Catholic School?
- Bishop Challoner Catholic School had 1,243 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Bishop Challoner Catholic School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.9 in 2022/23 and 44 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Bishop Challoner Catholic School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bishop Challoner Catholic School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2024.