Secondary school in Oldham
The Radclyffe School
Hunt Lane, Chadderton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL9 0LS
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 February 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1430
- Places
- 1500
- How full
- Nearly full — 1430 of 1500 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 740 / 690
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Oldham 015B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 32%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 16%
- Households owning their home
- 85%
- Households in social housing
- 3%
- Households with no car
- 11%
- Adults economically inactive
- 34%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- CRANMER EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: John Cregg
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Ward
- Chadderton North
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- URN
- 151610
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2023 | — | 0.5 mi |
| North Chadderton SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 43.8 | 0.7 mi |
| Ellen House SecondaryOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.9 mi |
| Westwood HighOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.1 mi |
| Dixons Middleton AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 40.3 | 1.1 mi |
| Darul Hadis Latifiah NorthwestOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.2 mi |
| The Brian Clarke Church of England AcademyFree schools | No grade | — | 1.3 mi |
| E-ACT the Oldham Academy NorthAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 48.2 | 1.6 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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