Richard Challoner School
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Richard Challoner School | |
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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 |
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Type | Academy Converter[1] |
Motto | Keep Faith[2] |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic[1] |
Established | 1959[3] |
Founder | Dr Richard Challoner |
Department for Education URN | 137299 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair of Governors | Mr Mark Draper[5] |
Head Teacher | Sean Maher[1] |
Deputy Head | Sean Binns, Ian O’Brien, Neil Henderson |
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 |
School Song | Non Nobis Domine[4] |
Diocese | Southwark[1] |
ESFA Champions | 2010[8] |
Website | http://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 an academy status[1][9] and is located in Kingston upon Thames,[1] south-west London, England. The school is named after Bishop Richard Challoner.
The Headmasters of the school since its founding in 1959[3] were:
- Oswald Jones (1959–1977) (18 years)
- John Gwynne (1977–1994)[10] (17 years)
- Tom Cahill (1994–2015)[11][12] (21 years)
- Sean Maher (2015–present)[9][12] (5 years)
Arts
The Richard Challoner Studio Theatre was officially opened by the Hungarian Ambassador in 2008.[13] Various productions were first performed there, including Oliver,[14] 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.[15] Many of the plays are written by drama teacher Mr. N Zoladkiewicz, who retired at the end of the 2016–17 school year.[16]
The school also performs musicals. The most recent was A Slice Of Saturday Night in 2017,[17] with the previous performance of Grease Lightning[18] having happened in partnership with Willson Academy of Performing Arts in 2016.
Notable former pupils
- Graham Barber - former Premiership and international football referee
- Jérémie Boga - Footballer who plays for Chelsea
- Wayne Brown - Professional footballer currently playing in Finland. Previously at Fulham, Bristol Rovers and Brentford. He made his Premier League debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford in 2009
- Jake Clarke-Salter - Footballer for Chelsea FC who recently made his debut
- Jimmy Glass - Former Goalkeeper known for last minute winner for Carlisle United in 1999 that kept them in the Football League.
- Ben Hawkey - actor who starred in the HBO series Game of Thrones amongst other titles.
- Tom Holland - Currently plays Spiderman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Charly Musonda (footballer, born 1996) - Footballer who plays for Chelsea
- Steven Reid - Former professional and international footballer who last played for Burnley F.C.[19]
- Archie Renaux - actor and model
- Ryan Sweeney - Professional footballer for AFC Wimbledon after recently signing a professional contract. Has also represented Republic of Ireland national football team at under-18 level
- Rhys Taylor - Reserve Goalkeeper at Chelsea FC
- James Ward - writer, founder of Boring Conference
- Marco Loughran - swimmer, competed at London 2012 Olympics.
- Luke Sital-Singh - singer songwriter
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Gov.uk School Dashboard". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Prospectus 2013-2014" (PDF). Richard Challoner School. 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Roll of Remembrance". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "An Extraordinary Mass". 1 October 2015. "students’ hallmark hymn ‘Non Nobis Domine’"
- ^ "Governors". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "RichardChalloner.com". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "House.RichardChalloner.com". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "U14 SAFIB Cup: Richard Challoner's struggle in Cardiff". 13 May 2011. "Richard Challoner School from Surrey, the ESFA U14 Champions"
- ^ a b c d e "About Us & Headmaster's Blog". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "John Gwynn R.I.P". 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Tributes paid to former Richard Challoner headteacher John Gwynn". 15 February 2015. "Headteacher Tom Cahill, who succeeded Mr Gwynn in 1994"
- ^ a b "Richard Challoner's new headteacher looks to lead by example".
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(help) - ^ "50th Anniversary Scrapbook" (PDF). Richard Challoner School. 2018. p. 51. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Please Sir I Want Some More". 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Celebrating Twenty Years Treading The Hungarian Boards". 25 February 2016.
- ^ "New Malden Drama Teacher Bows Out at Rose Theatre". 13 July 2017.
- ^ "A Slice of Saturday Night". 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Grease Lightning Hits Challoner". 25 April 2016.
- ^ "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."