Bishop Challoner Catholic School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Tower Hamlets council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Tower Hamlets's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 61 families put this school as their first choice, and 90 places were offered. 61 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 24 November 2021. Overall: Good It was inspected as Bishop Challoner Catholic School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

867 (capacity 1650)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Archdiocese of Westminster

Academy trust

LUX MUNDI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

02077919500

Address

352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB

Website

bishopchallonerfederation.towerhamlets.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports