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Richard Cloudesley School[1]

Special · ages 2–19

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Results

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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]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[6]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[6]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[6]
Further education college
0% 2022/23[6]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[6]
Employment
0% 2022/23[6]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7]
2020/21 100%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8]
2019/20 88%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9]
2018/19 100%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
17 Oct 2023[11]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[11]
Report published
22 Nov 2023[11]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[11]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[11]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Jul 2018[12] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[12] No overall grade[12]

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[13]
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[14]
English as an additional language
41.8% 2024/25[14]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[14]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[14]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46.3% 2024/25[14]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
37.6%[15]
Mixed
12.8%[15]
Asian
11.9%[15]
Black
28.4%[15]
Any other ethnic group
5.5%[15]
Unclassified
3.7%[15]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. 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.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. 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.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. 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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.