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The Radclyffe School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,430of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 42.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 303
- Ofsted
- Good, 27 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Radclyffe School (URN 105738, until 1 April 2025).
What the data says
The Radclyffe School has no sixth form. Of the 297 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 59% moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 59% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 47% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.5 against 46.1 across England and 42.3 in Oldham, with 38% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Oldham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Radclyffe School | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 297 | 3,389 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 13% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 59% | 35% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Radclyffe School | Oldham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.5 | 42.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 16% | 41% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.34 | 3.69 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 41% | 38% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.6 | 35.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.8 | 46.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 63% | 31% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 303 | 100% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 64% |
| English Language | 303 | 100% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 66% |
| English Literature | 301 | 99% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 244 | 81% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 47% |
| Photography | 141 | 47% | 6% | 13% | 19% | 73% |
| Computer Science | 117 | 39% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 41% |
| Geography | 115 | 38% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 39% |
| History | 112 | 37% | 41% | 7% | 26% | 38% |
| Business Studies | 106 | 35% | 18% | 14% | 20% | 54% |
| Religious Studies | 80 | 26% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 76% |
| Design and Technology | 65 | 21% | 11% | 17% | 23% | 62% |
| French | 60 | 20% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 62% |
| Chemistry | 59 | 19% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 78% |
| Biology | 59 | 19% | 23% | 20% | 45% | 83% |
| Physics | 59 | 19% | 23% | 22% | 46% | 81% |
| Fine Art | 48 | 16% | 9% | 19% | 28% | 65% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 42 | 14% | 8% | 33% | 21% | 79% |
| Media Studies | 25 | 8% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 64% |
| Physical Education | 16 | 5% | 11% | 6% | 24% | 75% |
| Music | 14 | 5% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Bengali | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 75 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 25 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 14 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.