Dear Parent/Carer, I am writing regarding our current provision in the morning for all Year 7 students. Café Mojo is open to all Year 7 students every morning at 8:00am. The doors at our student entrance will open at 8:00am for Year 7 only. If you drop your child off prior to 8:00am you need to be aware that they will not have access to the school building, and therefore will be unsupervised. For those students in Year 7 who would like a free breakfast, this will be served between 8:00 … [Read more...]

Dear Parents & Carers, As you will be aware, the school made changes to its curriculum structure last year and the five-year journey for students at The Radclyffe School is now divided into two stages: Key Stage 3 (Years 7, 8 and 9) and Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11). Your child has now ‘graduated’ from Key Stage 3 and is a Key Stage 4 student of the school. They are starting or continuing the examination subjects that they selected through our options process and we expect them to work … [Read more...]

There was a spirit of celebration at The Radclyffe School this morning, as Year 11 students collected their GCSE and BTEC results. The students were delighted to come to school to collect their results, and to share the experience with their friends. The Street, the large open space within the school was free of barriers that have controlled access for the past 17 months, and the young people were able to celebrate with their teachers. The ‘headline’ figures of our students’ results … [Read more...]

From jobs in the Health Service to work in Construction, students in Year 10 spent a week discovering virtually about the demands of a working life. With work experience placements not possible this year, a busy programme of online discussions and presentations allowed the young people to see for themselves what different jobs involved. As students begin to think about the choices available to them once they move on from school, it’s important to ensure they can access the very best quality … [Read more...]

At the end of the school year we say goodbye to another fantastic group of students, but again we have not been able to do this in the way we would have liked. Year 11 have missed out on their Prom and staff have missed out on a chance to wish them well for the future. Since the Government announced in January that formal exams would not take place this summer, we have planned for students to be assessed and graded in a way that is both fair and robust. These assessments took place earlier … [Read more...]