Cloughwood Academy

State-Funded School

cloughwood-academy-cheshire-west-and-chester-north-west

North WestRegion

Cheshire West and ChesterLocal Authority

Mid CheshireConstituency

CW8 1NUPostcode

7.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Cloughwood Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 8–18, located in Cheshire West and Chester, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 120 pupils. Cloughwood Academy is part of KALEIDOSCOPE LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 28 Apr 2026 · published 28 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 5.5
EBacc average point score: 0.19

Ethnicity

White

96%

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

120

Total Pupils

100%Boys

0%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

68%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 8 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 120
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: KALEIDOSCOPE LEARNING TRUST

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 29 September 2021. 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
4 Mar 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.