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Secondary · E1 · Tower Hamlets

Bishop Challoner Catholic School

352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB

LUX MUNDI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance91.4%
AttainmentAttainment 8: 44.6
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils1243

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in E1. Where we have them, council (Tower Hamlets) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1243
Free school meals
32.6%
2% below district average (34.6%)

Also: Tower Hamlets 46.2% · England 25.8%

SEN
19.2%
1.5% below district average (20.7%)

Also: Tower Hamlets 15.8% · England 16.5%

EAL
23.3%
38.9% below district average (62.2%)
Attendance
91.4%
4.1% below district average (95.5%)

Also: Tower Hamlets 93.6% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
27.4%
Attainment 8
44.6
Grade 5+ English & maths
46.2%
Grade 4+ English & maths
63.9%
Entered for EBacc
31.3%
EBacc average point score
3.94

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the E1 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
1650
Pupils on roll
1243

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Tower Hamlets page.

SEN support

SEN %
19.2%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates