Ofsted inspection · 01/10/2024
Overview of Birchfields Primary School · Primary · Manchester
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 49% | 1% | 73% | 26% | 63% | 1% | 65% | 25% | 73% | 72% | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 | — | — | — | 18% | 625 |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 1% | 66% | 19% | 58% | 1% | 60% | 16% | 73% | 73% | 103.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 14% | 640 |
| 2022/23 | 54% | 1% | 69% | 26% | 62% | 8% | 70% | 9% | 73% | 74% | 104.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 | -0.10 | -0.60 | -0.80 | 12% | 664 |
| 2018/19 | 66% | 7% | 71% | 24% | 79% | 12% | 79% | 26% | 86% | 84% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 | +0.40 | +0.50 | +0.40 | 9% | 701 |
| 2017/18 | 56% | 6% | 68% | 18% | 69% | 7% | 77% | 15% | 78% | 76% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 | -2.30 | -3.20 | -1.10 | 9% | 726 |
| 2016/17 | 48% | 3% | 51% | 13% | 86% | 11% | 70% | 6% | 80% | 80% | 100.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 | -4.10 | +0.90 | -3.10 | 9% | 724 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 625 | 20.6 | 18% | 84% | 58% | 6% | 21% |
| 2023/24 | 640 | 21.4 | 14% | 83% | 46% | 6% | 19% |
| 2022/23 | 664 | 20.5 | 12% | 64% | 45% | 8% | 29% |
| 2021/22 | 676 | 21.2 | 10% | 71% | 45% | 6% | 22% |
| 2020/21 | 688 | 20.5 | 9% | 76% | 36% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 701 | 21.2 | 9% | 80% | 39% | 4% | 7% |
| 2017/18 | 726 | 22.8 | 9% | 85% | 37% | 4% | 9% |
| 2016/17 | 724 | 21.3 | 9% | 90% | 36% | 4% | 7% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.