Cloughwood Academy
Academy special converter · Boys · Cheshire West and Chester
Stones Manor Lane, Northwich, CW8 1NU
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
86.0%
46.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
120
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
120 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 8–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Robert Newton
- Address
- Stones Manor Lane, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1NU
- Phone
- 01606537690
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Ward / constituency
- Hartford & Greenbank · Mid Cheshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140093
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 65% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 0% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: KALEIDOSCOPE LEARNING TRUST
120 pupils · 120 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
28 April 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Strong standard Achievement Expected standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Attendance and behaviour Strong standard Leadership and governance Expected standard Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard Post-16 provision Expected standard - 21
29 September 2021
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 87 pupils
Attendance
86.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
14.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
46.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
6.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 5.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.19 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 15 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 27 | 0% | 0% | 7% | |
| Biology | 13 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.