Richard Challoner School

Richard Challoner School
Address
Map
Manor Drive North

New Malden
,
Greater London
,
KT3 5PE[6]

England
Coordinates51°23′07″N 0°15′54″W / 51.3853°N 0.2649°W / 51.3853; -0.2649
Information
TypeAcademy[1]
MottoKeep Faith[2]
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic[1]
Established1959; 65 years ago (1959)[3]
FounderRichard Challoner
Department for Education URN137299 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsFrancis Corrigan[5]
Head TeacherSean Maher [1]
GenderYear 7–11: Boys Sixth Form: Mixed
Age11 to 18[1]
HousesAugustine
Becket
Columba
Dunstan
Fisher
More[7]
Colour(s)Green and Yellow    
Alumni nameOld Challonians
School SongNon Nobis Domine[4]
DioceseSouthwark[1]
ESFA Champions2010[8]
Websitewww.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[1][9] and is in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England. The school is named after Bishop Richard Challoner.

Headmasters

The Headmasters of the school since its founding in 1959 are:[3]

Ordinal Headmaster Term start Term end Time in office Notes
1 Oswald Jones 1959 1977 17–18 years Died in 2011[10]
2 John Gwynne 1977 1994 16–17 years [11] Died 9 October 2014[12]
3 Tom Cahill 1994 2015 20–21 years [13][14]
4 Sean Maher 2015 incumbent 8–9 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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Gov.uk School Dashboard". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Prospectus 2013-2014" (PDF). Richard Challoner School. 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Roll of Remembrance". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  4. ^ "An Extraordinary Mass". 1 October 2015. "students’ hallmark hymn ‘Non Nobis Domine’"
  5. ^ "Governors". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  6. ^ "RichardChalloner.com". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  7. ^ "House.RichardChalloner.com". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  8. ^ "U14 SAFIB Cup: Richard Challoner's struggle in Cardiff". 13 May 2011. "Richard Challoner School from Surrey, the ESFA U14 Champions"
  9. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ a b "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."