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
- Website
- http://www.bcs.hants.sch.uk/
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
- 16.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 8.9%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | Technical Award | 21 |
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 22 |
| Sports Leadership | Technical Award | 9 |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | Other General Qualification (Level 3) | 14 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 25 |
| Biology | GCSE | 62 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 62 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 39 |
Admissions
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 176
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 239
- 2nd preference
- 81
- 3rd preference
- 38
- From another Local Authority
- 4
Offers
- 1st preference
- 172
- 2nd preference
- 4
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.1 |
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 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 94.0% 86.2% 86.5% |
Further education | 11.0% 38.9% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 7.4% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 80.0% 39.5% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.5% 0.9% |
| Entering employment | 2.0% 4.6% 3.9% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 3.5% 3.4% |
| Not in education or employment | 2.0% 5.0% 5.2% |
| Destination unknown | 2.0% 0.6% 1.0% |