Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School, Basingstoke

In 2026, pupils at Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 58.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Hampshire and 47 across England.

63% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Hampshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 59.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.78: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 46.9, against 59.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, History and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 290 families put Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School as their first choice and 431 named it as one of their preferences, for 166 places offered. That is 1.7 first choices for every place. 133 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School are The Blue Coat School Basingstoke (0.4 miles, Attainment 8 35.2); Brighton Hill Community School (0.7 miles, Attainment 8 45.2); Cranbourne (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); and The Vyne Community School (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.1).

Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 170 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 9% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

11.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Basingstoke Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bishop Challoner Grounds (w-bound), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 272 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School issued 24 suspensions, 2.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School are Park View Primary School (0.2 miles), St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), Chiltern Primary School (0.5 miles) and Castle Hill Infant School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.