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The Radcliffe School

Comprehensive school in Wolverton, Milton Keynes, England

Summary

Comprehensive school in Wolverton, Milton Keynes, England

Field	Value
name	The Radcliffe School
image_size	200px
coordinates
motto	"Inspire and Achieve"
type	Foundation school
head_label	Headteacher
head	Paula Lawson
address	Aylesbury Street West
city	Wolverton
county	Milton Keynes
country	England
postcode	MK12 5BT
local_authority	Borough of Milton Keynes
ofsted	Yes
urn	110532
gender	Coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
houses	William Cowper, Edward Hayes, Jennie Lee, James McConnell
colours	Navy and Sky Blue
website

Green (Cowper), Blue (Hayes), Yellow (Lee), Red (McConnell)

The Radcliffe School is a comprehensive school located in Wolverton, Milton Keynes, England.

The school offers General Certificates of Secondary Education (GCSEs), Business and Technology Education Council vocational qualifications (BTEC), Youth Awards and Entry Level Certificates as programmes of study for pupils. The Radcliffe School also operates a sixth form, with courses offered including A-Levels, BTECs and diplomas.

History

The Radcliffe School was built in 1956 as a Grammar School, before becoming a Comprehensive school in 1969. The west wing of the school was planned around a central courtyard, which contained laboratories, history and geography rooms and sixth form division rooms.

In the centre of the courtyard, a biology pool was installed and at one end of the pool a memorial was built. This honours former pupils who were killed in the two world wars. The bronze plaques that list the former students were transferred from the hall of the old school and added to the memorial.

Pupils from the school appeared in an ITV quiz show "Chatterbox" broadcast 5 July 1977. Their opponents were The Cedars School of Bedfordshire.

Inspections

In its September 2017 report, the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills rated the school as "requires improvement". Teaching, learning and pupils outcomes were all rated as "requires improvement". This assessment was unchanged from its November 2015 report.

In January 2020 Ofsted rated the school as "Good".

In 2015 53 per cent of pupils got 5 GCSEs including English and maths. The figure for "disadvantaged students" figure was 39 per cent. The Progress 8 figure for 2016 was -0.34 which is below the national average, and the provisional progress 8 figure for 2017 is -0.3 which is again below average.

Notable former pupils

Dele Alli, footballer
Gregory Davis, murderer
Simon Munn, wheelchair basketball player
Fallon Sherrock, darts player

References

"World War 1 Roll of Honour". Radcliffe School.
"World War 2 Roll of Honour". Radcliffe School.
(1977-07-02). "TV Times 2nd July 1977". radiosoundsfamiliar.com.
(October 2018). "The Radcliffe School, URN: 110532". OFSTED.
"The Radcliffe School – GOV.UK".
(9 June 2016). "Dele Alli: England's fearless street footballer who can take Euro 2016 by storm". The Guardian.
"Too dangerous to be let loose say school pals – Local – Milton Keynes Citizen". Miltonkeynes.co.uk.
(2012-08-15). "Paralympics Preview: Simon Munn – Local – MK News". mk-news.co.uk.

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