Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–18 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bishop Challoner Catholic College is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–18 (voluntary aided school). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Challoner Catholic College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 48.4 (England 46).
- Year 7 2026 drew 182 first-choice applications for 198 offers; 167 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
- There are 13.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.8 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7EG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,184 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “This school sits firmly at the heart of its community.”
- “All decisions here are taken bearing pupils’ best interests in mind.”
- “Leaders are unapologetic about their high standards and aspirations for all pupils.”
To improve
- “Leaders know where more work is needed to meet the highest standards and work is underway.”
- “However, this is not consistently the case in some vocational subjects.”
- “However, sometimes, these checks on pupils’ learning are not as effective as they should be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 182 first-preference applications, 198 offers in total, 167 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Wheelers Lane Technology College 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Queensbridge School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Swanshurst School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Heath Secondary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Moseley School and Sixth Form 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Selly Park Girls' School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published