Bishop Challoner Catholic College

Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7EG

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About this school

Bishop Challoner Catholic College is a Voluntary aided school serving secondary age pupils, located in Birmingham, West Midlands. The school has 1,246 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 13 October 2021). Last inspected 6 January 2026. The Principal is James Coughlan. The school is administered by Birmingham local authority. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character.

School details

Principal

James Coughlan

Local authority

Birmingham

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

URN

103560

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Bishop Challoner Catholic College are handled by the school or the local authority (Birmingham). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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