The Radclyffe School
| Motto | Working Together For Excellence |
|---|---|
| Established | 1975 (1930) |
| Type | Comprehensive community school |
| Headteacher | Mr Hardial S. Hayer [1] |
| Chair of Governors | J. Greenwood (Retired) [1] |
| Specialism | Technology |
| Location | Hunt Lane [1] Chadderton Greater Manchester OL9 0LS England |
| Local authority | Oldham |
| DfE number | ???/4028 |
| DfE URN | 105738 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1500 (Approx.) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website | www.theradclyffeschool.co.uk |
Coordinates: 53°32′44″N 2°09′16″W / 53.5455°N 2.1545°W
The Radclyffe School is a mixed comprehensive school for 11 – 16 year olds, located in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England.[1]
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[edit] History
[edit] Grammar school
The school was originally called Chadderton Grammar School and opened in 1930. It was officially opened in October 1930 by David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford. It had 300 boys and girls, which rose to 700 in 1950 and 900 by 1958. It was decided to split the school into two schools – a boys' and girls'. This provoked protests from parents. In 1959, the school became Chadderton Grammar School for Girls with around 600 girls in the 1960s. The boys school, a grammar-technical school was on Chadderton Hall Road.
[edit] Comprehensive
It was renamed Mid Chadderton Comprehensive after grammar schools were abolished in September 1975, and the boys' school became the North Chadderton School. The two sites of the North Chadderton Secondary Modern School were split between the two new schools based on the former girls' and boys' schools.. In January 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 was originally located across two sites – the Lower School (Years 7–9) on Broadway and the Upper School (Years 10 & 11) on Hunt Lane. However, in 2008 a new state of the art school was built at the Hunt Lane site, housing both the lower and upper school students. The new school was officially opened by Manchester United F.C. manager, Sir Alex Ferguson on 10 July 2008.[2][3]
[edit] Alumni
- Kyle Eastmond, rugby league player for St. Helens[4]
- Dominique Jackson, actress[citation needed]
[edit] Chadderton Grammar School for Girls
- Vera Baird, MP and author.[5]
[edit] Chadderton Grammar School
- Fred Evans, Director of Education at North Yorkshire from 1984–96
- Jack Dawkins, Director of Education for the Borough of Blackburn from 1966–9 and of Barnet from 1969 until the 1980s
- Sir Ronald Hadfield, Chief Constable of West Midlands Police from 1990–6
- John Leeming, Director General of the British National Space Centre from 1987–8 and husband of the Conservative MP Cheryl Gillan
- John Stalker, former policeman and former deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Prospectus". http://www.theradclyffeschool.co.uk/Prospectus/Prospectus.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "New School". http://www.theradclyffeschool.co.uk/docs/newSchool2.html. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "Fergie's fan club". http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057493_fergies_fan_club. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "Roughyeds in ‘state of flux’". oldham-chronicle.co.uk. 2009-10-06. http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/11/roughyeds-news/30811/roughyeds-in-state-of-flux. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ Gibb, Frances (2004-03-30). "A QC who is striving for the mark of equality". business.timesonline.co.uk. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article1052851.ece. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
