Twelve teams competed in the Championship for the 2023–24 season, the same number as the previous season.
Bristol City were promoted to the Women's Super League as
2022–23 Women's Championship winners. They will be replaced by
Reading who were relegated on the final day of the
2022–23 Women's Super League season, ending a seven-season stay in the WSL which began in 2016 following the club's promotion as
2015 WSL 2 winners.
Coventry United were relegated to the FA Women's National League after four seasons in the second division. They were replaced by the winners of the
2022–23 FA Women's National League playoff, Southern Premier Division winners
Watford, who beat Northern champions
Nottingham Forest 1–0. They returned after just one season away having been relegated at the end of the
2021–22 season.
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