Bishop Challoner School

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Bishop Challoner School
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Address
Bishop Challoner School
Bromley Road

Shortlands
,
Bromley
,
BR2 0BS

England
Coordinates 51°24′25″N0°00′13″W / 51.4069°N 0.0037°W / 51.4069; -0.0037
Information
Type Private school
MottoQuantum Potes Tantum Aude
(Dare to do your best)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1950 [1]
FounderPatrick Byrne
Closed2025 (2025)
Local authority London Borough of Bromley
Department for Education URN 101683 Tables
PresidentArchbishop of Southwark
ChairTiccy Colling
HeadteacherRachael Shields
Gender Coeducational
Age3to 18
Enrolmentc. 300
HousesSt Edmund and Catherine of Alexandria St Michael and St mother Teresa St Denis and St Margaret Ward St Patrick and St Josephine Bakita
Website bishopchallonerschool.com

Bishop Challoner School is an English independent coeducational Roman Catholic day school in Shortlands, Greater London, for children aged three to eighteen years. In June 2025 its closure on 4 July 2025 was announced. [2]

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Bishop Challoner School

History

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Playground

The school started as a junior school. In 1956 a senior wing was added. More classrooms and an assembly hall/gymnasium followed in 1963. The art block was opened in 1968 and another block – now the junior block – was opened in 1980. Challoner became co-educational in the Junior School in 1992, later extending into the Senior School. At the same time a nursery was opened. A new sixth form study centre was opened as well as a drama studio and art facilities.

The school became an independent charity limited by guarantee in December 2013 (It was formerly part of the Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark). It is governed by a board of trustees. In 2017, its refurbished chapel was blessed by Peter Smith, Archbishop of Southwark, and renamed "The Chapel of The Annunciation". The chapel contains four icons commissioned from the Bethlehem Icon School.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Bishop Challoner School". Guide to Independent Schools. Schools Guide Book. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  2. ↑ Lillywhite, Charlotte; Blackshaw, Cameron (13 June 2025). "Two private schools in Kingston and Bromley to close". BBC News. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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