Recent Exam Results
We are proud of our excellent academic outcomes. Our GCSE and A-Level results have been consistently high for many years, with outstanding individual and collective performances from our boys.
A-Level
Five Year Results Average
GCSE
Five Year Results Average
27 boys achieved nine Grade 9s or more
Radley Curriculum Speaker Programme Scholarships
Admissions Process
We are always keen to hear from families considering Radley for their son. There are two main entry points: Year 9 (age 13) and Sixth Form (age 16). Please use the QR code below to book an Open Day. Further information is available from our Admissions Team.
13+
Families should apply by the Summer Term of Year 5 (three years before entry) In Year 6, boys will sit the ISEB Common Pre-Test and we will request a reference from their current school If shortlisted, interviews will take place in the Lent Term of Year 6, with results letters sent in March
16+
We offer around 20 places at Sixth Form and are looking for candidates who are ambitious in their aims for university and beyond. Applications open in the Summer Term of Year 10 (the year before entry) There is a Sixth Form Open Day in October of Year 11 ahead of the assessment which takes place at Radley in November
In 2025, the Radley debating team of Blake, Mikolaj and DingDing were crowned the national grand champions of the English-Speaking Union Schools’ Mace Competition This is the second year in a row that Radley has won this competition.
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For the third consecutive year, Radley qualified for the World VEX Robotics Championships. In 2024, our boys were the highest placed UK team at the competition in Dallas, Texas
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The current redevelopment of our Music School will further cement Radley’s status as one of the UK’s leading schools for music.
In 2025, Radley won two rowing golds at National Schools and came second at Henley Royal Regatta.
We think it’s an absolute humdinger of a school.
THE GOOD SCHOOLS GUIDE
Les Misérables
Our sell-out production of was nominated for ‘best musical’ at the National School Theatre Awards and 13 boys gained places at the National Youth Theatre.
Two Radley quartets, guitar and saxophone, reached the U19 senior finals of the Pro Corda National Chamber Music competition.
Located just 10 minutes from Oxford, our campus setting boasts the largest area of mown grass in the south of England
Just 1 hour from London Heathrow
This is an unbelivably impressive place, steeped in tradition yet evolving by the minute.
TALK EDUCATION
Founded in 1847 on the principles of Christianity, Beauty, Privacy and Collegiality.
67 co-curricular options for boys, ranging from animals and chess, to fencing and fishing, horology and MedSoc to cooking, creative writing and model rocketry!
550 individual music lessons every week.
Over 120 concerts over the year: from solo recitals to massed orchestral and choral performances to band gigs
158 Chapel services attended by the whole school: that’s around 400 hymns, over 300 organ voluntaries, and 32 solo performances.
68 boys toured to Salamanca in February 2025 and our Chapel Choir is 130 boys strong
23 A-Level subjects on offer
Over 80 talks a year from external speakers on a range of subjects including Biochemistry, The Roman Legion, The Politics of Refugees and Wealth Management 24 boys are taking the mini-MBA.
Talents and interests, no matter how unusual, are unearthed and nurtured here
MUDDY STILETTOS
Over 20 sports played competitively against other schools.
Over 130 teams played in fixtures in 2024/25.
Every boy plays for a team. 15,000 meals prepared every week – favourites include burger night and fish and chips
What strikes you is how kind and nurturing it is... it’s the care Radley shows for the boys that is most remarkable.
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In September, Radley College welcomed seven UK prep schools to form Radley Schools Group Four of these prep schools, Beeston (Norfolk), Cothill, (Oxfordshire), Mowden Hall (Northumberland) and West Hill Pak (Hampshire) offer boarding for pupils aged eight – 13
Head John Moule, since 2014; previously head of Bedford School
Pupils 771 boarding boys aged 13-18
Term Fees £20,112
Bursaries 17% of pupils, up to 100%+
Alumni Poet Sir Andrew Motion, rugby player Will Stuart, TV and Radio presenter Jamie Laing
Parents say that head John Moule cultivates ‘ a fascinating dynamic of mutual respect, engagement and humour’ with his pupils: ‘He sets the tone for the school; and though he isn’t too formal in his manner and has a good sense of humour, he expects high standards and results.’ His charges in turn view him as a ‘supportive’ and ‘reliable’ figure, who has given the school a clear direction. (‘It gives me great pride to be a part of that process’ says one )
Radley aims to provide boys with the understanding, skills and global awareness needed to contribute positively to a changing world.
This is strongly reflected in the recent launch of its Innovation scholarship, going to those with both an entrepreneurial mindset and an ability in coding, electronics, engineering, robotics, computer science or game design.
However, it also espouses community outreach, with recent manifestations including a creativity competition for pupils at local primaries – run in partnership with Radley alumnus Jamie Laing and The Oxford Times – as well as 4,500 individual musical opportunities offered to local children and a Community Art Exhibition in which 2,500 pupils from 20 nearby schools were involved.
At the moment, there is an ongoing conversation here about digital dependency and the extent to which educational ambitions can be helped or hindered by technology; a new music school is in the works; and there are plans to refurbish the library, spruce up the sports facilities so that there is space for a climbing wall and exciting bouldering room, and convert a barn into a cookery centre.
Exciting teaching gets the best out of curious boys who are willing to have a go. Radley was never the nerdy one in the gang but, particularly when the mixed selection process is considered, ‘there’s no water’ between Radley and the competition. In fact, lots of parents cited ‘fizzy’ lessons, particularly in the Sixth Form, as their reason for choosing it.
And fizzy it is: super discussions being had all over the place, dons (teachers) and pupils asking insightful questions of each other. High energy and really stretching, but we didn’t pick up a particularly competitive edge; boys making intelligent points but not gloating about it.
The arts and co-curricular: an astonishing breadth and depth; the new music school will make it better still and demonstrates commitment to the arts. Half learn an instrument Chapel choir is 120 strong including, we gather, a chunk of the first XV; the sound of all those boys singing with such sincerity gave us rather a lump in the throat (shh). Singing here cool in a way that our guides suspect it’s not elsewhere Art department busy: ‘creative industries are for boys, too’ Huge design engineering workshop plus computer suites and electronics room.
Sport: a massive part of pupils’ lives; 98 per cent represent the school in some capacity. Gorgeous pitches, rowing tank, fishing lake, boathouse, courts for every racquet sport: a sweetshop of delights. Recent push to get Radleians ‘to look up and out’ one parent says; the new head of sixth form’s remit includes ‘nurturing an enterprising mindset’. Single sex makes sense here – no stereotyping – boys reckoned they do more singing than they would in a co-ed environment. Respect Project with Downe House creates meaningful touchpoints, giving boys experience of working with girls rather than just peering at them across empty dance floors.
Central dining for breakfast, lunch, supper. Food really good, especially the kung pao chicken. Much excitement around ‘Shop’, the new dining room in which Socials take turns to have lunch: ‘It’s like a restaurant!’ Cook-ups back at your Social, too. Cocoa, at 9pm each night, also brings the Social together… talking about the world and the things which matter to them… ‘Deep, deep friendships form in the socials,’ we hear. Distinctive sense of collegiality between boys and adults –relationships respectful but relaxed, based on shared experiences, interests, humour. High praise for pastoral care: ‘His tutor went the extra mile’.
‘Sicut Serpentes, Sicut Columbae’ is Radley’s motto: ‘be ye wise as Serpents and harmless as doves’. Wise isn’t the first word that springs to mind (most of those we met still had freckles and train tracks), but they’re on their way to becoming so. Harmless? Yes, but better than that: they’re bright-eyed and bushytailed, bursting with anecdotes from RockSoc, facts about Mount Everest and stories of marsupials. Radley is changing, attracting a broader intake of talented, enthusiastic boys. Still boarders, still boys, still gowned – but in its characteristically quiet and classy way, Radley has been sharpening up. The result? A faithful old dog with some carefullyexecuted new tricks. We think it’s an absolute humdinger of a school.