Cloughwood Academy

Cloughwood Academy is an outstanding specialist day and residential provision. Situated in Hartford, near Northwich in Cheshire, Cloughwood serves families from all areas of Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East, as well as a number of pupils coming from nearby counties such as Fintshire, Wrexham and Warrington.

Cloughwood School converted to an academy in September 2013 as a single academy in a multi-academy trust (MAT). In September 2016 Cloughwood became the founding academy of Kaleidoscope Learning Trust (KLT) and has continued to go from strength to strength, enjoying 3 consecutive ‘Outstanding’ judgements from Ofsted from 2013 to date. The Boarding provision at Cloughwood is also rated as Ofsted ‘Outstanding’.

Cloughwood Academy caters for male pupils from the ages of 8 – 18 years all with a diagnosis of Social, Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties. More often than not, our pupils have other co-morbid conditions increasing their complexity of need.

Currently, Cloughwood has 120 pupils spread across KS2,3, 4 and 5.

Cloughwood is a highly inclusive, innovative, forward thinking academy with a strong emphasis on producing young people with the skills and character needed to go on into society and become purposeful, independent, confident young adults.

We pride ourselves at Cloughwood on providing bespoke, personalised learning pathways for all our pupils and we are constantly looking for new, creative ways to increase engagement and participation and attendance at all age groups.

We are a relatively small school with big ambitions and are currently seeking to expand our MAT with the addition of similarly-minded partner schools in our mission to further improve outcomes for our pupils and staff.

We have a comprehensive, modern, fit-for-purpose CPD package for all staff and an enhanced salary scale to attract the best talent possible.

There has never been a better, more exciting time to join our wonderful academy than today.