Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Basingstoke, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.59 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school in Basingstoke, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 14 September 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School 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 | 1.59 mi |
| 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 |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 drew 290 first-choice applications for 166 offers; 157 offers went to first-choice families, and 133 first-choice families (46%) were not offered a place.
- Its 1.7 first choices per offer for Year 7 in 2026 was the highest of 66 Hampshire secondary schools.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.59 miles away, the 15th shortest of the 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 68% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Michael's Road, Basingstoke, RG22 6SR
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 894 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 14 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being at this inclusive school, which has very high standards and expectations.”
- “Pupils are greeted with warmth and care.”
- “Relationships between pupils and teachers are exceptional.”
To improve
- “Most pupils achieve very well, but a small number of pupils who do not attend regularly enough do not do as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 2023 (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) | 68% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 59.3 | 46 |
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: 290 first-preference applications, 166 offers in total, 157 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 Hampshire.
- The Blue Coat School Basingstoke 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brighton Hill Community School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cranbourne 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Vyne Community School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Costello School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Everest Community Academy 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Hurst School 7.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Robert May's School 7.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published