# Birchfields Primary School

Birchfields 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.

Primary school. Code E130380. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 592
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 130380

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Manchester Enterprise Academy Central](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manchester-enterprise-academy-central-e144755): 140 m. Secondary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 47.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The Manchester Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-manchester-grammar-school-e105591): 570 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Cringle Brook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cringle-brook-primary-school-e140692): 590 m. Primary. School remains Outstanding, January 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manchester-vocational-and-learning-academy-e142224): 750 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Longsight Community Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longsight-community-primary-e139790): 810 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-james-cofe-primary-school-birch-in-rusholme-e105508): 810 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/130380)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/130380)

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