Cloughwood Academy
Stones Manor Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NU
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 8 to 18
- Gender
- Boys
- Trust
- KALEIDOSCOPE LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Robert Newton
- Religious ethos
- None
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Mid Cheshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 120
- URN
- 140093
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01606537690
About this school
Cloughwood Academy is a boys' special academy in Northwich. It teaches children aged 8 to 18 and has 120 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 8% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 94.0 | 95.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 88.0 | 91.0 | 89.0 |
| Reading progress | -7.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -8.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
| Attainment 8 score | 10.5 | 8.7 | 5.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.85 -2.55 to -1.16 | -1.42 -2.19 to -0.66 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cloughwood Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cheshire West and Chester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 57.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Cheshire West and Chester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5 | 41.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 8.7 | 40.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 5.5 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 21.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 16.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 120 |
| 2023/24 | 122 |
| 2024/25 | 118 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 71.43%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 14.01%
- Persistent absence
- 45.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Elmy Hall School0.2 miles
Special schools · Northwich
-
Greenbank School0.3 miles
Special schools · Northwich
-
The Grange School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Northwich
-
Adventure Wellbeing School1.5 miles
Special schools · Northwich
-
The Russett School1.7 miles
Academies · Northwich
Other schools in Northwich
- Adventure Wellbeing School Special schools
- Elmy Hall School Special schools
- Greenbank School Special schools
- Petty Pool College Other types
- Rosebank School Special schools
- The Russett School Academies
- Antrobus St Mark's CofE Primary School Primary
- Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Charles Darwin Community Primary School Primary
- Comberbach Nursery and Primary School Primary
- Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Cuddington Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cloughwood Academy teach?
- Cloughwood Academy teaches children aged 8 to 18. It is a special school in Northwich.
- Who is the principal of Cloughwood Academy?
- The principal of Cloughwood Academy is Mr Robert Newton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cloughwood Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cloughwood Academy, 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 Cloughwood Academy?
- Cloughwood Academy has 120 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 8 to 18.
- Is Cloughwood Academy full?
- Cloughwood Academy has capacity for 120 pupils and 120 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Cloughwood Academy a faith school?
- No. Cloughwood Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Cloughwood Academy?
- Cloughwood Academy is part of KALEIDOSCOPE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Cloughwood Academy have?
- The schools register lists Cloughwood Academy's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Cloughwood Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Cloughwood Academy's absence rate?
- Cloughwood Academy's overall absence rate is 14% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cloughwood Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cloughwood Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 15 July 2026.