Bishop Challoner School is an English independent coeducational

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day school in

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, for children aged three to eighteen years. In June 2025 its closure on 4 July 2025 was announced.

History

The school started as a junior school. In 1956 a senior wing was added. More classrooms and an assembly hall/gymnasium followed in 1963. The art block was opened in 1968 and another block – now the junior block – was opened in 1980. Challoner became co-educational in the Junior School in 1992, later extending into the Senior School. At the same time a nursery was opened. A new sixth form study centre was opened as well as a drama studio and art facilities. The school became an independent charity limited by guarantee in December 2013 (It was formerly part of the Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark). It is governed by a board of trustees. In 2017, its refurbished chapel was blessed by Peter Smith, Archbishop of Southwark, and renamed "The Chapel of The Annunciation". The chapel contains four icons commissioned from the Bethlehem Icon School.

Notable former pupils

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References

External links

Official website
{{authority control 1950 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 1950 Private co-educational schools in London Private schools in the London Borough of Bromley Member schools of the Independent Schools Association (UK) Roman Catholic private schools in the Archdiocese of Southwark 2025 disestablishments in England Educational institutions disestablished in 2025