The Radclyffe School

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The Radclyffe School
Motto	Working Together For Excellence
Established	1989
Type	Secondary modern Technology College
Headmaster	Hardial Hayer
Location	Hunt Lane Oldham Greater Manchester OL9 0LS England
Students	1,400
Ages	11 to 16
Telephone	0161 633 2120
Fax	0161 633 2183
Website	www.theradclyffeschool.co.uk

The Radclyffe School is a secondary modern school for 11 - 16 year olds, located in Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

The school was originally called Chadderton Grammar school but was renamed Mid Chadderton Comprehensive after grammar schools were abolished in 1975. Early in 1976, the school pupils voted on a change of name, as the name Mid Chadderton was disliked by the then serving headmistress, Miss Myatt. The name "Radclyffe" was taken from a local land owning family in the 19th century and, at one time, had owned the land that the schools stood upon.

The school has a purpose built athletic centre next to the upper school Hunt Lane building.

The Upper School site has recently undergone a structural change. A £40M school was built to accommodate Lower and Upper school students. All students have moved into the new school, which contains Interactive Whiteboards in every classroom, An Astroturf, Outdoor Classrooms and a covered street. The old Upper School building is currently under demolition and will be the schools new Rugby Pitches and Tennis Courts when completed. The old Lower School on Broadway is currently boarded up and cleared out, but was recently host to a large number of travellers on the field. It is now unknown what will happen to the building.[1]

They also have a very successful young enterprise scheme which was established on the 2005-2006 academic year. The Radclyffe School won the first ever Fast & Furious Young Entrepreneurs Competition.