Benchill Primary School

State-Funded School

benchill-primary-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Wythenshawe and Sale EastConstituency

M22 8EJPostcode

1.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Benchill Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Manchester, North West.

It currently serves 479 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 49%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

58%

Asian

11%

Black

14%

Mixed

12%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

479

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

65%

England average

27%

First language not English

32%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 479
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
14 Jan 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
8 Oct 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.