Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Bishop Challoner Catholic School is a secondary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Challoner Catholic 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 8 of the 14 other Tower Hamlets secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 61 first-choice applications for 90 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 29 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 2026, 37 of the 181 applications (20%) came from families living outside Tower Hamlets, and 12 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the average A level grade was C+ (England B-), with above-average progress.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tower Hamlets schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 867 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.6 | 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: 61 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 61 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 Tower Hamlets.
- Mulberry School for Girls 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wapping High School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- London Enterprise Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Swanlea School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mulberry Academy London Dock 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morpeth School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published