Richard Challoner School

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Richard Challoner School
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Address
Richard Challoner School
Manor Drive North

New Malden
,
Greater London
,
KT3 5PE [1]

England
Coordinates 51°23′07″N0°15′54″W / 51.3853°N 0.2649°W / 51.3853; -0.2649
Information
Type Academy [2]
MottoKeep Faith [3]
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic [2]
Established1959;65 years ago (1959) [4]
FounderRichard Challoner
Department for Education URN 137299 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsFrancis Corrigan [5]
Head TeacherSean Maher [2]
GenderYear 7–11: Boys Sixth Form: Mixed
Age11to 18 [2]
HousesAugustine
Becket
Columba
Dunstan
Fisher
More [6]
Colour(s)Green and Yellow   
Alumni nameOld Challonians
School SongNon Nobis Domine [7]
DioceseSouthwark [2]
ESFA Champions2010 [8]
Website www.richardchalloner.com

Richard Challoner School is an all boys secondary school [9] with a mixed sixth form [9] that is federated with Holy Cross School, New Malden. [9] It has academy status [2] [9] and is in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England. The school is named after Bishop Richard Challoner.

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Headmasters

The Headmasters of the school since its founding in 1959 are: [4]

OrdinalHeadmasterTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1Oswald Jones1959197717–18 yearsDied in 2011 [10]
2John Gwynne1977199416–17 years [11] Died 9 October 2014 [12]
3Tom Cahill1994201520–21 years [13] [14]
4Sean Maher2015incumbent8–9 years [9] [14]

Arts

The Richard Challoner Studio Theatre was officially opened by the Hungarian Ambassador in 2008. [15] Various productions were first performed there, including Oliver, [16] The Government Inspector, Antigone, Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes: And the Pearls of Death, Chaplin: The Early Years and Romeo and Juliet, and then performed, on tour, in various theatres in Hungary, such as the Kolibri Theatre in Budapest. [17] Many of the plays are written by drama teacher Mr. Neil Zoladkiewicz, who retired at the end of the 2016–17 school year. [18] [19]

The school also performs musicals. The most recent was A Slice Of Saturday Night in 2017, [20] with the previous performance of Grease Lightning [21] having happened in partnership with Willson Academy of Performing Arts in 2016.

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "RichardChalloner.com" . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Gov.uk School Dashboard" . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Prospectus 2013-2014" (PDF). Richard Challoner School. 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Roll of Remembrance" . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Governors" . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "House.RichardChalloner.com" . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "An Extraordinary Mass". 1 October 2015. "students’ hallmark hymn ‘Non Nobis Domine’"
  8. ↑ "U14 SAFIB Cup: Richard Challoner's struggle in Cardiff". 13 May 2011. "Richard Challoner School from Surrey, the ESFA U14 Champions"
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Us & Headmaster's Blog" . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Daughter paid loving tribute to former head teacher". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "John Gwynn R.I.P". 12 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Tributes paid to former Richard Challoner headteacher John Gwynn". Surrey Comet. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "Tributes paid to former Richard Challoner headteacher John Gwynn". Surrey Comet. 15 February 2015. Headteacher Tom Cahill, who succeeded Mr Gwynn in 1994.
  14. 1 2 "Richard Challoner's new headteacher looks to lead by example". Surrey Comet.
  15. ↑ "50th Anniversary Scrapbook" (PDF). Richard Challoner School. 2018. p. 51. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Please Sir I Want Some More". 25 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "Celebrating Twenty Years Treading The Hungarian Boards". 25 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "New Malden Drama Teacher Bows Out at Rose Theatre". 13 July 2017.
  19. ↑ Richard Challoner School. "Honouring Strong Partnership with Hungarian Theatre". Richard Challoner School.
  20. ↑ "A Slice of Saturday Night". 4 December 2017.
  21. ↑ "Grease Lightning Hits Challoner". 25 April 2016.
  22. ↑ Dom (21 September 2017). "This is great..." Dominic Holland. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  23. ↑ "My Inspirations: Steven Reid". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 18 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010. "There was an Italian PE teacher [...] at Richard Challoner School in Surrey. He was probably my biggest inspiration at school."
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