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Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and French are taught at Radford College, alongside Ngunnawal. English is the language of instruction. Education Perfect is used for language home learning. The college hosts language assistants from Japan and France and maintains exchange arrangements with sister schools in France, China and Japan, including a Year 10 exchange to France and Japan.
Long exchange program to Japan for six weeks is available to Year 11 language students. Students study at Konko Gakuen in Okayama and at the Kure National College of Technology in Hiroshima. The program is reciprocal and includes hosting returning students. The Languages Department also runs exchanges and long tours with France, China and Japan and Year 10 exchanges to France and Japan; language assistants from Japan and France visit to support language learning.
Radford College is an independent Anglican, co-educational day school located on a 46-acre campus in Bruce, Canberra. Serving Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12, it offers a K–12 program with two senior study pathways: ACT BSSS Tertiary and Accredited Packages and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). In Years 7–10, core subjects include English, mathematics, science, history and geography, health and physical education, religious and values education, and languages (Chinese, French, Japanese and Spanish), with a broad elective program feeding into senior study. The IBDP includes six subject groups, and Year 11–12 students undertake Higher Level and Standard Level subjects with a maximum score of 45. The college houses facilities such as Morison Centre and TB Millar Hall, and sports facilities including Mackinnon Oval and a sports precinct. The Radford community emphasizes service learning, leadership through Duke of Edinburgh and Round Square, and music and performing arts programs supported by ensembles and choirs.
