Cloughside College

State-Funded School
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Region
North WestRegion
BuryLocal Authority
Bury SouthConstituency
Postcode
M25 3BLPostcode
5.5
Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

Cloughside College is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Bury, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 17 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

9

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White
65%
Black
29%
Any other group
6%

Pupils

17

Total Pupils

59%Boys
41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
6%
England average
27%
First language not English
29%
England average
22%
Young carers
0%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
Special
Age range
11 – 19
Deprivation band
Deprived
Total pupils
17
IDACI quintile
4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 31 January 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted
Report published
Overall
16 Jul 2014
Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.

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