Birchfields Primary School
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no last distance for this school.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; map: OpenStreetMap contributors, Protomaps.
How it is worked outThe dashed circle is drawn from the school as far as the last child offered a place lived, in a straight line. A red dot is your home, with a line to the school. Tap the map to open the full Schools map.
- Councils measure distance their own way (some by walking route), so the circle is a guide, not a boundary.
We hold no last distance for this school.
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How it is worked outRanked on 2025 KS2 results: the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. One year and one figure: each school's place among Manchester's primaries with a published figure that year; the share reaching the higher standard breaks a tie. Schools on the same figures share a place. A school whose figure DfE hides (a small year group) or does not publish is not ranked, never put last. Source: DfE school performance tables.
- One rank everywhere on the site. A school with no published figure that year is not ranked, never put last.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Good, October 2024
- Getting in
- Not full for Reception 2026
- Results
- 49% expected standard; 1% higher standard
- Size
- 592 pupils; 66 places a year; classes of 26
- Run by
- Manchester council
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11 · Mixed
- Suspensions per 100 pupils: 0.2, against 1.2 in Manchester.
- Expected standard: 49%, against 58% in Manchester.
- Higher standard: 1%, against 5% in Manchester.
- Sessions missed: 6.3%, against 5.7% in Manchester.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 1 October 2024
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
- Good
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 49% (England 62%) (county 58%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 1% (England 8%) (county 5%)
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 49% | 62% | 58% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 1% | 8% | 5% | 2024/2025 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | (105/136) |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 6.3% of sessions missed; 21% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 6.3% and 19%
- Suspensions: 0 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 2); 0 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 25.9 pupils; 11% of classes have more than 30
- 19.9 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 89 m
- 44 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 9 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 14.7 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.7 (1 km square, background level)
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 2777 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 21% | 1.1% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 4.5% | 1.8% | 19% | 1.6% |
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 5.1% | 3.1% | 29% | 1.2% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 6.3% | 19% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 0.2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 0.2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 0.6 | 0.5% | 4 | 0 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 2.2 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 25.9 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 11% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 19.9 | November 2025 |
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 89 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 9 serious and 0 fatal in all; 12 involved a pedestrian, 11 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 14.7 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 11.9 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 7.7 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 58% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 83% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 14% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 4.7% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 47% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2024.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 October 2024 | Graded inspection | Quality of education: Good |
| 14 March 2023 | Ungraded visit | School remains Good (Concerns) |
Admissions
Getting in
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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
- 59 families put it first for 66 places; every one of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
- We can't tell how far Reception places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.
Applications and offers, DfE
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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.
- Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2026 | 66 | 59 | 130 | 59 |
| Reception | 2025 | 46 | 46 | 90 | 46 |
| Reception | 2024 | 55 | 55 | 110 | 55 |
| Reception | 2023 | 64 | 62 | 132 | 62 |
| Reception | 2022 | 52 | 51 | 148 | 51 |
| Reception | 2021 | 75 | 75 | 114 | 75 |
| Reception | 2020 | 80 | 77 | 133 | 77 |
| Reception | 2019 | 64 | 61 | 116 | 61 |
| Reception | 2018 | 78 | 77 | 141 | 77 |
| Reception | 2017 | 90 | 80 | 162 | 80 |
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools
- Community school is run by its local council (Manchester), not by an academy trust.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
Cringle Brook Primary School0.4 miSt James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme0.5 miLongsight Community Primary0.5 miAlma Park Primary School0.6 miCompare side by side →Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Manchester and the Manchester league table.
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