Bounce Forward in partnership with Oldham Opportunity Area are delighted to announce we are offering up to 25 parents the opportunity to complete foundation and facilitator training to become certified to deliver parent resilience sessions at your child's school. You will have completed a previous Bounce Forward course and you will know the benefits of building psychological fitness, mental resilience and emotional intelligence in children. This is an amazing opportunity to extend your … [Read more...]

The opportunity to learn what is expected of study at university, from a doctorate student at the University of Manchester, has been too good to miss for a group of high achieving students. Over several months they experienced university-style lectures, seminars and one-to-one tutorials, wrote short essays on a range of subjects, leading on to a 2000-word dissertation. The team worked closely with Dr Rathi Ravindrarajah, whose specialist research has examined the needs of elderly people in … [Read more...]

Dear Parent/Carer, I am writing to keep you informed of changes to home learning in the Mathematics Faculty. As you may know we have used Hegarty Maths for many years as our online learning platform. After the half term break we will be moving to Sparx Maths. We will be showing students how to use Sparx in the second week of the Summer half term. To support you in helping your child we encourage you to take a look at the short parental video and top tips sheet from Sparx. Sparx … [Read more...]

In one room students discuss how they will approach debating the motion, “This House believes that children should be paid to attend school”. In another, more children are getting to grips with the basics of Spanish vocabulary. Across the school, more and more clubs are starting up to offer ‘extra-curricular’ activities to students. Debate Club is introducing students to the world of proposing and opposing, developing their skills in putting together a reasoned argument, as well as … [Read more...]

A programme that links map reading and music, service and science learning inspired forty five of our students to success this term. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award returned in all its glory, offering the young people an unforgettable experience. To achieve the award students complete three components; demonstrating a skill that they either have learned before or are taking on for the first time, completing a project where they volunteer their time to help in a wide range of settings, and the … [Read more...]

Our new team of Prefects have been successful in their application. The Year 10 students will take up their roles later this term, and will work with one of our faculties and other departments, based on who they were endorsed by. Our process for becoming a prefect helps students to develop vital skills. It begins with each young person writing a letter to their Year Manager explaining just how they demonstrate the attitudes needed for the job. This might include areas where they might have … [Read more...]

World Book Day 2022 The annual celebration of reading and storytelling that is World Book Day made a welcome return to school. The event is now in its 25th year and gives the school a powerful opportunity to encourage all our students in their reading. To begin the day as we intended to go on, our Personal Learning Guides shared extracts from their favourite stories to inspire students to find and read what they enjoy. More stories were on offer from the student Literacy Leaders who … [Read more...]

For our students in Years 7 and 8, learning to play a musical instrument is a wonderful opportunity. Only a small number of our students had played an instrument before they started at The Radclyffe School. Our involvement with the MiSST programme means several lessons of musical tuition every week. It is very rewarding for teachers to see the progress that the students are making. For a small group of them, a visit to London this term saw them take part in a annual concert at the Queen … [Read more...]

Whether students are just beginning in Year 7 or planning their future once they leave we make great efforts to offer them the advice and guidance they need. The National Careers Week taking place each March provides a vital focus for these efforts, with a busy programme of talks visits and activities. These introduce students to careers they might never have thought of, or help them to find the detail they require of paths they have chosen. The students’ welcome and wellbeing meetings … [Read more...]