The Clifton Centre
117 Silverdale, Manchester, M27 8GW
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 14 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Teacher In Charge
- Mrs Olwyn Naylor
- Constituency
- Salford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 45
- Pupils on roll
- 93
- URN
- 135504
- Local authority
- Salford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01619211300
About this school
The Clifton Centre is a special school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 14 to 16 and has 93 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 10 July 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 The Clifton Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61 |
| 2023/24 | 91 |
| 2024/25 | 103 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 71.84%
- English as an additional language
- 3.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Edintervention School0.4 miles
Special schools · Swinton
-
Barton Moss Education Centre0.9 miles
Other types · Swinton
-
Springwood Primary School0.9 miles
Academies · Salford
-
Chatsworth Futures Limited1.0 miles
Other types
-
Oakwood Academy1.7 miles
Academies · Eccles
Other schools in Manchester
- Ashgate Specialist Support Primary School Special schools
- 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
- Cloughside College Special schools
- Delamere School Special schools
- Digital Advantage Other types
- Egerton High School Special schools
- Fairfield House School Special schools
- Grange School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does The Clifton Centre teach?
- The Clifton Centre teaches children aged 14 to 16. It is a special school in Manchester.
- Who is the teacher in charge of The Clifton Centre?
- The teacher in charge of The Clifton Centre is Mrs Olwyn Naylor, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Clifton Centre last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Clifton Centre, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Clifton Centre?
- The Clifton Centre has 93 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 16.
- Is The Clifton Centre a faith school?
- No. The Clifton Centre has no designated religious character.
- Does The Clifton Centre publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for The Clifton Centre. 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 1 July 2026.