Richard Challoner School

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, southwest London, England. The school is named after Bishop Richard Challoner.

Headmasters

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

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 - 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
• Charly Musonda - professional footballer who plays for Chelsea
• Steven Reid - former professional and international footballer who last played for Burnley F.C.
• Archie Renaux - actor who starred in Netflix Shadow and Bone and model
• Ryan Sweeney (footballer) - Professional footballer who currently plays for Dundee FC

References

External links

• Official School Website