Birchfields Primary School
Primary schoolBirchfields Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 592 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 49% of pupils at Birchfields Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
1% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 1% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Manchester Enterprise Academy CentralSecondary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 47.3 (2025/26, provisional)140 m
- The Manchester Grammar SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file570 m
- Cringle Brook Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding, January 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- Manchester Vocational and Learning AcademyIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file750 m
- Longsight Community PrimaryPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-RusholmePrimary. School remains Good, January 2023. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Manchester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).