Richard Cloudesley School[1]
Special · ages 2–19
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 4.8 2021/22[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 0% 2021/22[2]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[3]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[3]
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2015/16[4]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2015/16[4]
- All results, 2021/22
- Not published[5]
- All results, 2020/21
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
- All results, 2019/20
- Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 17 Oct 2023[6]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[6]
- Report published
- 22 Nov 2023[6]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[6]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- School remains Outstanding[6]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Community special school[1]
- Ages
- 2–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 104[1]
- Local authority
- Islington[1]
- Website
- www.cloudesley.islington.sch.uk[1]
- District
- Islington[8]
- Postcode
- N1 8RE[1]
- URN
- 100467[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 98 2024/25[9]
- English as an additional language
- 41.8% 2024/25[9]
- SEN support
- 0% 2024/25[9]
- EHC plan
- 100% 2024/25[9]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 46.3% 2024/25[9]
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quote
It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.