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The Radclyffe School

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  • Academy converter
  • Ages 11 to 16

URN 151610 · Oldham · CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST

In Oldham

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

27 February 2024

Overall effectiveness
Good

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Key stage 4 results

Against Oldham and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

42.2

Oldham
44.9
England
47.4

5.2 lower than England.

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

57%

Oldham
62%
England
66%

9 percentage points lower than England.

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

37%

Oldham
41%
England
48%

11 percentage points lower than England.

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Teachers

Against Oldham and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

15.8

Oldham
16.9
England
17.3

1.5 lower than England.

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

Not publishedNot published for this school

Oldham
5.7 days
England
5.0 days

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
1,430
Capacity
1,500
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 16
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST
Opened
1 May 2025
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 6 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Hunt Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL9 0LS

Website: theradclyffeschool.co.uk

Telephone: 01616223200

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Sources and corrections

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