The Radcliffe School, Milton Keynes

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our staff team is our greatest asset and our vision of ‘Building Bright Futures Together to Inspire and Achieve’ applies to our staff as much as it does to our students. At The Radcliffe School, we believe that nurturing, growing and developing our staff team enables us to work closely together to better support the progress of our students."

In 2026, pupils at The Radcliffe School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.1 in Milton Keynes and 47 across England.

36% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Milton Keynes and 47% in England.

That is up from 38.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.62: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 30.8, against 47.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

For September 2026 entry, 174 families put The Radcliffe School as their first choice and 359 named it as one of their preferences, for 199 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Radcliffe School are Watling Academy (1.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 49.1); Stantonbury School (2.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 32.8); Elizabeth Woodville School (2.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 45.2); and Denbigh School (2.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.2).

The Radcliffe School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

166 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Radcliffe School (as of September 2025): 69% would recommend the school, 71% say their child is happy there and 46% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (75%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (46%).

Of the 213 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 102 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 41% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 32% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

39.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 285 pupils (23.9%) received SEN support and 35 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The Radcliffe School has a resourced provision for autism: 15 places, 15 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Wolverton Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Christchurch Grove (westbound), 260 metres away.

In 2024/25, The Radcliffe School issued 342 suspensions, 28.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Radcliffe School are Wyvern School (0.3 miles), Greenleys First School (0.4 miles), Greenleys Junior School (0.4 miles) and St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.