Richard Challoner School

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.

Richard Challoner School
Address
Manor Drive North New Malden , Greater London , KT3 5PE[1] England
Coordinates	51°23′07″N 0°15′54″W
Information
Type	Academy[2]
Motto	Keep Faith[3]
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic[2]
Established	1959; 65 years ago (1959)[4]
Founder	Richard Challoner
Department for Education URN	137299 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	Francis Corrigan[5]
Head Teacher	Sean Maher [2]
Gender	Year 7–11: Boys Sixth Form: Mixed
Age	11 to 18[2]
Houses	Augustine Becket Columba Dunstan Fisher More[6]
Colour(s)	Green and Yellow
Alumni name	Old Challonians
School Song	Non Nobis Domine[7]
Diocese	Southwark[2]
ESFA Champions	2010[8]
Website	www.richardchalloner.com

Headmasters

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

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

• Jérémie Boga - professional footballer who plays for Chelsea
• Jimmy Glass - former professional 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 - actor who starred as Spider-Man in the Marvel cinematic universe^[22]
• Charly Musonda - professional footballer who plays for Chelsea
• Steven Reid - former professional and international footballer who last played for Burnley F.C.^[23]
• Archie Renaux - actor who starred in Netflix Shadow and Bone and model
• Ryan Sweeney (footballer) - Professional footballer who currently plays for Dundee FC

References

1. "RichardChalloner.com". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
2. "Gov.uk School Dashboard". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
3. "Prospectus 2013-2014" (PDF). Richard Challoner School. 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
4. "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. "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. "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."

External links

• Official School Website