We are delighted to announce that Ofsted have officially confirmed that The Radcliffe School is a “good” school. Following an Ofsted Inspection on 7th and 8th October 2009, we have come out of the Special Measures category. Ofsted’s assessment follows our record breaking GCSE results in August 2009.
The Ofsted Report describes the school as:
“Going to great lengths to ensure no student is left to struggle alone with their problems. Students, including those with special needs and/or disabilities are making good progress.”
“The quality of teaching and learning is now good, common features of good teaching seen by inspectors were excellent subject knowledge and clear explanations to help students learn quickly. Well founded targets in all subjects are set for every student and the progress towards these is checked through regular assessments. Those falling behind are helped to get back on track in a range of effective ways.”
“Because the school fosters it so well, and in many varied ways, students’ spiritual, moral and social development is good. Students are very polite, show a great concern for the needs of others in the school community and beyond, and have a keen sensitivity to and awareness of the feelings and beliefs of others. They say the school constantly encourages them to have healthy lifestyles and they praise the staff for their support.” Continue reading Welcome to The Radcliffe School
I am sure you would wish to join me in celebrating the fantastic achievements of our students in the recent GCSE and A Level examinations.
For the third consecutive year our students have established new school records by gaining 51% A*-C GCSE grades including Maths and English, whilst 84% gained 5 x A*-C grades overall and every Year 11 student achieved at least one Level Two qualification. These achievements were all well above the targets set for the school by the Local Authority.
We will publish in full the performance of each of our subject areas, but in summary our students achieved 9.7% A* grades, 8.2% A grades, 22.7% B grades, all significantly up on previous years.
Several subject areas achieved 100% pass rates with large numbers of students achieving the top grades.
Our students achieved equally impressive successes in the A Level examinations with 49.47% of the grades being awarded at A*/B level, enabling the vast majority to progress on to Universities of their choice.
None of these outstanding achievements would have been possible without the hard work of students and staff and the support of parents. The challenge for us all is to ensure that current progress is maintained or exceeded, and we look forward to your continued support in achieving these ambitious targets.
I hope you have had a restful summer break, and are ready to help us meet the challenges ahead.
This has been a very busy and productive year and I hope that everyone will have an opportunity to relax over the summer break.
Please click here to see next academic year’s term dates. Some other important dates for your diary include:
A Level results – Available from 11.30am on Thursday 19 August 2010.
GCSE results – Available from 11.30am on Tuesday 24 August 2010.
School re-opens – All students are due back on Monday 6 September. However, the start times will differ by year group (Year 7 at 8.25am, Year 8 at 9.30am and Years 9, 10 & 11 at 10.30am).
Year 12 enrolment – During the morning on Tuesday 7 September 2010.
Year 13 enrolment – From 2pm on Tuesday 7 September 2010.
Thank you for your support during the past academic year, have a very good summer break and we look forward to seeing you in September.
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries to our Photography Competition. We’ve seen some amazing photos, from students and staff. The school’s Governors will be judging the entries in the next few days and the winners will be announced soon! Click on the links to see the Staff Entries and Student Entries!
Please click here to see the letter we have sent home regarding some changes to the House system, which will take effect from September 2010.
Please click here to see the letter we have sent home regarding proposed minor changes to the school day from September 2010.
We are delighted to announce that Ofsted have officially confirmed that The Radcliffe School is a “good” school. Following an Ofsted Inspection on 7th and 8th October 2009, we have come out of the Special Measures category. Ofsted’s assessment follows our record breaking GCSE results in August 2009.