Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 58 58.1 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 58.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 62.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 22.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.78 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	59.3[5]	68.4%[5]
2023/24	58.1[3]	67.6%[3]	+0.78[3]
2022/23	58.2[6]	68%[6]	+0.68[6]
2021/22	59.7[7]	70%[7]	+0.55[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 95% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 1% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 72% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 18% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	99%[9]	0%[9]	79%[9]	13%[9]	5%[9]	2%[9]
2020/21	97%[10]	2%[10]	80%[10]	11%[10]	1%[10]	2%[10]
2019/20	99%[11]	1%[11]	83%[11]	13%[11]	1%[11]	1%[11]
2018/19	98%[12]	0%[12]	72%[12]	17%[12]	4%[12]	2%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 13 Sep 2023[13]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published: 8 Nov 2023[13]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
1 May 2018[14]	S5 Inspection[14]	Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.6 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference): 431 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences: 290 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered: 166 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place: 1.7 Entry Sept 2026[15]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	377[15]	245[15]	167[15]	2.3[15]	1.5[15]
Entry Sept 2024	359[15]	239[15]	176[15]	2.0[15]	1.4[15]
Entry Sept 2023	339[15]	215[15]	177[15]	1.9[15]	1.2[15]
Entry Sept 2022	340[15]	233[15]	178[15]	1.9[15]	1.3[15]

Admissions

Application deadline: 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry: 180 Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 900[1]
Local authority: Hampshire[1]
Website: http://www.bcs.hants.sch.uk/[1]
District: Basingstoke and Deane [17]
Postcode: RG22 6SR[1]
URN: 116478[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 891 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 20.2% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 18.4% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 4% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 10.3% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 57.7%[19]
Mixed: 10.7%[19]
Asian: 17.3%[19]
Black: 13.2%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 0.7%[19]
Unclassified: 0.3%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
bcs.hants.sch.uk: bcs.hants.sch.uk — Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
Quotes (2)
All applications which are submitted on time will be considered at the same time and after the closing date for admissions which is 31 October 2026. (p. 2)
The governing body has set its admission number at 180 pupils to year 7 in the school year which begins in September 2027. (p. 1)
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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