From the Principal
Welcome to the exceptional community that is Radford College.
We offer a vibrant learning environment in which each student is seen, heard, known and supported to carve out a pathway to achieve their personal best.
Radford has cemented its position as a high-performing co-educational school that focuses on the realisation of every child's potential from Pre-Kindergarten through to Year 12.
Radford fosters a learning culture in which students thrive in the pursuit for academic excellence. We encourage intellectual rigour, independent thinking and value academic study and achievement. We want our students to be challenged and to develop a love of learning, so they can harness the intellectual habits that allow them to maximise their potential.
As an Anglican school, we pride ourselves on creating opportunities for fostering a holistic educational experience through our comprehensive co-curricular, sport and performing arts programs. The College is globally minded and committed to helping students understand their role in the world to become empowered and engaged social change-makers through leadership and service.
At Radford, students learn to celebrate their differences, accept their common humanity and work considerately with others to make a valuable contribution to society.
We strive to model the College values – Truth, Compassion and Wisdom – every day.
I believe that a quality education is one driven by a commitment to character development. Radford is dedicated to creating a learning environment that ensures young people live their lives through a sense of belonging, fulfil their potential and develop strong moral principles about what is good and just. Schools have a responsibility to provide students with the opportunity to discover who they are, what they stand for and to model and scaffold positive behaviour. That's what we do at Radford.
Never has it been more important for schools to amplify the central position of well-being. Here at Radford, we place equal importance on well-being support and academic expectations. Personal goals, cognitive flexibility and courage play an integral role in supporting young people to flourish for their future.
By belonging to the Radford College community, every person is supported on their own journey to knowledge and fulfilment.
I encourage you to visit us in person and look forward to sharing our exciting vision for the future of Radford—a place of quality education for all.
Christopher Bradbury
Principal
Christopher Bradbury B.Ed (Secondary Education: Humanities and Social Sciences), M.Ed, MACEL, MAICD and MACE was appointed Principal by the College Board and commenced his tenure in January 2025. A highly qualified and experienced educational leader, Mr Bradbury has a genuine commitment and passion for the growth of young people to achieve their personal best through instilling a love of learning.
Mr Bradbury was previously Principal of Northholm Grammar School in Sydney. Under his leadership over the past six years, Northholm Grammar achieved outstanding academic success, positioning itself as a Top 50 School in NSW. This drove enrolment growth, financial stewardship and quality educational infrastructure, which in turn elevated the reputation of the school. Mr Bradbury played a key role in building a vibrant school community and a culture of belonging.
He started his teaching career at Hurlstone Agricultural High School, where he taught history, legal studies and English, and gained leadership experience as the Head of Administration and Head of Boarding. He spent the next 12 years at The King’s School, Parramatta where he held senior leadership positions including Director of Teaching and Learning, Head of History and Legal Studies, and Housemaster.
Mr Bradbury holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Leadership from Harvard University. Committed to continuous learning, Mr Bradbury also completed Oxford University’s High Performance Leadership Programme and Executive Leadership Programme, as well as Harvard University’s Achieving Excellence Leadership Program for Principals.
He has co-authored Year 11 and 12 modern history texts and been awarded several teaching awards and scholarships—including the NSW Quality Teaching Excellence Award in recognition of outstanding teaching practice by the NSW State Government. He was a recipient of both the Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators Scholarship and the NSW Premier’s Westfield History Teacher Scholarship.