Case Study: Radley College achieves a heritage-led, community-focused website with Finalsite

Creating a School Website That Reflects a Quintessential British Brand

Finalsite rebuilt the website for Radley College, a historic British boys’ boarding school founded in 1847, to capture its heritage and warmth while serving diverse audiences. The brief was to strengthen the Radley brand and drive engagement—not just admissions—by consolidating and streamlining 441 pages, restoring a heritage-led visual identity, and improving user experience so the site could flexibly tell the school’s story now and in the future.

The solution put people at the centre: new “Meet the Staff” and “Meet the Boys” features, emotive photography and video, a refreshed logo and ruby/navy palette, simplified navigation, and integrated media hubs (video gallery, publications library and a social-media mashup). The result is a flexible communications hub that balances tradition with contemporary content, deepens community engagement, welcomes prospective families, and expands Radley’s reach through stronger digital marketing.

Radley College