Richard Challoner School is an all boys secondary school with a mixed

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that is federated with

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. It has an academy status and is located in Surrey,

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. The school is named after Bishop

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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

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. 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

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"There was an Italian PE teacher ..at Richard Challoner School in Surrey. He was probably my biggest inspiration at school." *

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References

External links

Official School Website
{{authority control Boys' schools in London Academies in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Southwark Secondary schools in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames