Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Academy converter · sixth form · 867 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.6
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Ian Mikardo High School
- Pupils on roll
- 67of 77 places
- Free school meals
- 68.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 11
- Ofsted
- Good, 27 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Ian Mikardo School (URN 131598, until 1 November 2016).
What the data says
Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at Ian Mikardo High School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Ian Mikardo High School’s own sixth form (Tower Hamlets average 64%), 8% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 5.7 against 46.1 across England and 47.4 in Tower Hamlets, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Tower Hamlets and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Ian Mikardo High School | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 12 | 3,085 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 93% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 64% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 8% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | 83% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Ian Mikardo High School | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.7 | 47.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 54% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.21 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 100% | 55% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 5.7 | 45.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 49.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 27% | 47% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 10 | 91% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 0% |
| English Language | 10 | 91% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Mathematics | 10 | 91% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 10% |
| Art and Design | 2 | 18% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
Other secondary schools in Tower Hamlets
Bow School
Community school · sixth form · 1,126 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Canary Wharf Secondary
Free schools · 417 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.9
Central Foundation Girls' School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,526 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3
George Green's School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 1,256 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.0
Langdon Park Community School
Community school · sixth form · 1,055 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.