Bishop Challoner Catholic School, London

In 2026, pupils at Bishop Challoner Catholic School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.4 in Tower Hamlets and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Tower Hamlets and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 44.6.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 40.8, against 47.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 61 families put Bishop Challoner Catholic School as their first choice and 181 named it as one of their preferences, for 90 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bishop Challoner Catholic School are Mulberry School for Girls (0.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 57.2); Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54); Wapping High School (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); and Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.2).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Bishop Challoner Catholic School.

Bishop Challoner Catholic School is one of 10 schools run by Lux Mundi Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 236 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 125 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 74% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 6% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

The nearest DLR station is Shadwell DLR, about 310 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Mary's & St Michael's Church (e-bound), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bishop Challoner Catholic School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bishop Challoner Catholic School issued 179 suspensions, 17.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bishop Challoner Catholic School are St Mary and St Michael Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Marion Richardson Primary School (0.2 miles), Blue Gate Fields Junior School (0.2 miles) and Blue Gate Fields Infants' School (0.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.