Bishop Challoner School Explained

Bishop Challoner School
Coordinates:51.4069°N -0.0037°W
Motto:Quantum Potes Tantum Aude, Dare to do your best.
Established:1950[1]
Type:Private school
Religious Affiliation:Roman Catholic
President:Archbishop of Southwark
Headteacher:Mr Mark Wallace
Chair:Ticcy Colling
Founder:Patrick Byrne
Address:Bromley Road
City:Shortlands
County:Bromley
Country:England
Postcode:BR2 0BS
Local Authority:London Borough of Bromley
Urn:101683
Enrolment:c. 300
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:3
Upper Age:18
Houses:St Edmund and Catherine of Alexandria St Michael and St mother Teresa St Denis and St Margaret Ward St Patrick and St Josephine Bakita
Website:bishopchallonerschool.com

Bishop Challoner School is an English independent coeducational Roman Catholic day school in Shortlands, Greater London, for children aged three to eighteen years.

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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. In recent years the list of site improvements and development has quickened. A new sixth form study centre has been opened as well as a drama studio and new 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. Its transition was overseen by its longest serving chair, Canon Jack Madden. 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.

Uniform

Senior school
Junior school

Notable former pupils

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Challoner School. Guide to Independent Schools. Schools Guide Book. https://archive.today/20130421060628/http://www.schoolsguidebook.co.uk/schools/Bishop_Challoner_School.html. dead. 21 April 2013. 18 December 2007.
  2. Web site: London Borough of Bromley Timeline 1301–2006. London Borough of Bromley. doc. 18 December 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060926181127/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/05EC393C-B899-4FAA-9BBB-508C76C14BB7/0/BromleyTimeline13012006.doc. 26 September 2006.
  3. Web site: Arnold Pizzey . 2023-02-12 . scholar.google.com.