Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
116478
Address
St Michael's Road, RG22 6SR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
887 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.7%
Girls
51.3%
First language not English
21.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.3%
Persistent absence
14.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.3%
Other White 21.5%
Mixed 9.9%
African 9.7%
Indian 8.8%
Other Asian 7.7%
Other Black 1.1%
Irish 1%
Pakistani 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Other 0.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.68
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 70%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.2
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.54
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE86
ChemistryGCSE86
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE168
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
FrenchGCSE49
GeographyGCSE90
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
239
2nd preference
81
3rd preference
38
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
80
100
Year 8
178
86
92
Year 9
184
96
88
Year 10
174
87
87
Year 11
171
83
88
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
85.7%
85.6%
Further education
13.0%
38.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
6.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
79.0%
40.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.7%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023