Richard Challoner School is an all boys

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. The school is named after Bishop

Richard Challoner Richard Challoner (29 September 1691 – 12 January 1781) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of the London District during the greater part of the 18th century, and as Titular Bishop of Doberus. In 1738, he publishe ...

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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References

External links

Official School Website
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