Cloughside College
Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 3BL
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David King
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bury South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 62
- Pupils on roll
- 17
- URN
- 105376
- Local authority
- Bury
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01612710106
About this school
Cloughside College is a community special school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 17 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cloughside College, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 31 January 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Trends over time
How Cloughside College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 56.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 55.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | 16 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 6.3%
- Overall absence
- 55.37%
- Persistent absence
- 95.35%
Location
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Elms Bank1.5 miles
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Ahavas Torah Boys Academy1.6 miles
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Me'or High School1.8 miles
Independent schools · Salford
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Brookhaven School1.9 miles
Free Schools · Bury
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Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools1.9 miles
Independent schools · Salford
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- Bridge College Other types
- Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Local authority maintained schools
- Camberwell Park Specialist Support School Academies
- Cambian Tyldesley School Special schools
- Changing Lives Special schools
- Delamere School Special schools
- Digital Advantage Other types
- Egerton High School Special schools
- Fairfield House School Special schools
- Grange School Academies
- IncludEd Learning Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Cloughside College teach?
- Cloughside College teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Cloughside College?
- The headteacher of Cloughside College is Mr David King, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cloughside College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cloughside College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Cloughside College?
- Cloughside College has 17 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Cloughside College full?
- Cloughside College has capacity for 62 pupils and 17 on roll (27%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cloughside College a faith school?
- No. Cloughside College has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Cloughside College have?
- The schools register lists Cloughside College's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Cloughside College's absence rate?
- Cloughside College's overall absence rate is 55.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Cloughside College publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Cloughside College. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.