The Radcliffe School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–19 · Milton Keynes
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Milton Keynes City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Radcliffe School is a secondary school in Milton Keynes for ages 11–19 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
The Radcliffe School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 32% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 38.2 (England 46).
- Its 2024/25 GCSE English and maths result was the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Milton Keynes.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 174 first-choice applications for 199 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 25 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in both earlier years, 2024 and 2025.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Milton Keynes schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Christchurch Grove, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5BT
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,192 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They value the school’s diversity and enjoy having friends from a range of backgrounds.”
- “The school’s annual ‘Cultural Dress Day’ and ‘Cultural Festival’ are popular and strengthen the school’s community feel.”
To improve
- “Despite the school’s ambitions, in recent years, pupils have not achieved as well as they should have.”
- “In the past, pupils have not achieved well enough overall in their examinations.”
- “In some subjects, however, the curriculum is less well developed and there are inconsistencies in how well it is implemented.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 174 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 174 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Milton Keynes.
- Watling Academy 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stantonbury School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Denbigh School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Hazeley Academy 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Milton Keynes Academy 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shenley Brook End School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- E-Act Ousedale School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published