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Richard Challoner School | |
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Address | |
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Manor Drive North , , KT3 5PE
[6] England | |
Coordinates | 51°23′07″N 0°15′54″W / 51.3853°N 0.2649°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy [1] |
Motto | Keep Faith [2] |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic [1] |
Established | 1959[3] |
Founder | Richard Challoner |
Department for Education URN | 137299 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair of Governors | Mark Draper [5] |
Head Teacher | [1] |
Gender | Year 7–11: Boys Sixth Form: Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18 [1] |
Houses | Augustine Becket Columba Dunstan Fisher More [7] |
Colour(s) | Green and Yellow |
Alumni name | Old Challonians |
School Song | Non Nobis Domine [4] |
Diocese | Southwark [1] |
ESFA Champions | 2010 [8] |
Website |
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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, southwest London, England. The school is named after Bishop Richard Challoner.
The Headmasters of the school since its founding in 1959 are: [3]
Ordinal | Headmaster | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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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] |
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.
Headteacher Tom Cahill, who succeeded Mr Gwynn in 1994.