Richard Challoner School is an all boys secondary school with a mixed sixth form that is federated with Holy Cross School, New Malden. It has academy status and is in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England. The school is named after Bishop Richard Challoner.
Headmasters The Headmasters of the school since its founding in 1959 are:
Ordinal Headmaster Term start Term end Time in office Notes Oswald Jones 1959 1977 years Died in 2011 John Gwynne 1977 1994 years Died 9 October 2014 Tom Cahill 1994 2015 years Sean Maher 2015 incumbent years
Arts
The Richard Challoner Studio Theatre was officially opened by the Hungarian Ambassador in 2008. Various productions were first performed there, including Oliver, 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. Many of the plays are written by drama teacher Mr. Neil Zoladkiewicz, who retired at the end of the 2016–17 school year.
The school also performs musicals. The most recent was A Slice Of Saturday Night in 2017, with the previous performance of Grease Lightning having happened in partnership with Willson Academy of Performing Arts in 2016.
Notable former pupils
Jérémie Boga — footballer who plays for Chelsea Jimmy Glass — former footballer, goalkeeper Ben Hawkey — actor, HBO series Game of Thrones Jaden Ladega — actor, BBC soap opera EastEnders Charly Musonda — footballer who plays for Chelsea Steven Reid — former international footballer who last played for Burnley F.C. "There was an Italian PE teacher [...] at Richard Challoner School in Surrey. He was probably my biggest inspiration at school." Archie Renaux — actor, Shadow and Bone Ryan Sweeney — footballer who plays for Dundee FC
References
External links Official School Website