Bishop Challoner School

Bishop Challoner School
Motto "Quantum Potes Tantum Aude"
Established 1950[1]
Type Independent day school
Religion Roman Catholic
President The Archbishop of Southwark
Headteacher Paula Anderson
Chair Margaret Brocklehurst
Founder Fr Patrick Byrne
Location Bromley Road
Shortlands
Bromley
BR2 0BS
England
51°24′25″N 0°00′13″W / 51.4069°N 0.0037°W / 51.4069; -0.0037Coordinates: 51°24′25″N 0°00′13″W / 51.4069°N 0.0037°W / 51.4069; -0.0037
Local authority London Borough of Bromley
Students c. 400
Gender Coeducational
Ages 2½–18
Houses St Edmunds
St Michael
St Denis
St Patrick
Website www.bishopchallonerschool.com

Bishop Challoner School is an independent coeducational Roman Catholic day school in Shortlands, Greater London, England for children aged two and a half to eighteen years.

Main School Building

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Playground

The school started as a junior school but quickly grew. 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 quickene.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

Junior School Uniform
Senior School
  • Boys - Navy Blazer with light blue shirt, navy striped tied and black trousers.
  • Girls - Blue blouse and navy blue skirt.
Junior School
  • Boys - Maroon Blazer with white shirt, maroon tie and grey trousers
  • Girls - grey pinafore dress

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Bishop Challoner School". Guide to Independent Schools. Schools Guide Book. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  2. ↑ "London Borough of Bromley Timeline 1301–2006". London Borough of Bromley. Archived from the original (doc) on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
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