Cloughside College
Special / other · Manchester · M25 3BL
Good
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 31 January 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
17 pupils · 27% of 62 capacity
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 0% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 68.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 31.2% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- http://www.cloughside.co.uk
- URN
- 105376
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Sessions missed (overall absence)
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Pupils per qualified teacher
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 30 January 2024: School remains Good
- 17 July 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.