Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B75
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Basingstoke, RG22 6SR
- Distance
- 0.6km away
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
Western Way, Basingstoke, RG22 6HA
Local ranking66th of 69 secondary schools in Hampshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 February 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Aldworth School (URN 116427) since 31 May 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 42.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 171
Destinations
After GCSE 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 896
- Boys
- 431 (51%)
- Girls
- 406 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (84% full)
- SEND
- 18.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.3%
- EAL
- 15.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,238/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 71.1%
- Black African: 6.4%
- Asian Other: 5.3%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.3%
71.1%
White British
6.4%
Black African
5.3%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Western Way
Basingstoke, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 150839
- UKPRN
- 10094942
- Establishment No.
- 4020
- Trust
- SOUTH FARNHAM EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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