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Cloughside College

Special school school · Community special school · ages 11 to 19 · Mixed

Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3BL

  • Pupils17
  • Ages11 to 19
  • Latest Ofsted31 Jan 2024
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.

Ungraded inspection · 31 Jan 2024

Outcome: School remains Good. An ungraded inspection checks whether a school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection; it doesn’t give new grades.

Ungraded inspection · report published 7 Mar 2024

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
17 (capacity 62)
7 girls, 10 boys
Eligible for free school meals
0% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
68.8%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
31.3%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
50%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
6.3%

Attendance

Overall absence

The share of possible mornings and afternoons missed, for any reason (authorised or not).

2024/25

This school
55.4%

Persistent absence

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions.

2024/25

This school
95.4%

How absence is measured

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Community special school (Special schools)
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Special needs catered for
HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Local authority
Bury
Parliamentary constituency
Bury South
URN
105376 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).

Admissions

A school named in a child’s education, health and care (EHC) plan must give them a place. Ask your council about places at special schools.

How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.