Benchill Primary School
Benchill Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 8EJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Steven Rooney
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 574
- Pupils on roll
- 479
- URN
- 132241
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01619983075
About this school
Benchill Primary School is a foundation primary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 479 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 70 | 71 | 67 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 49% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 58% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 65% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 66% | 51% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Benchill Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Manchester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 52.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 550 |
| 2023/24 | 531 |
| 2024/25 | 503 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Benchill Primary School compares
Benchill Primary School ranked 63rd of 125 primary schools in Manchester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 6.4% | 67% | 479 | — |
| Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School | 48% | 5.6% | 52.2% | 370 | 0.6 miles |
| Haveley Hey Community School | 59% | 9.3% | 73% | 413 | 0.6 miles |
| Newall Green Primary School | 42% | 7.7% | 67.9% | 577 | 0.7 miles |
| Baguley Hall Primary School | 57% | 6.3% | 54.5% | 472 | 0.7 miles |
| St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden | 43% | 5.4% | 29.1% | 340 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 67.03%
- English as an additional language
- 31.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.38%
- Persistent absence
- 18.91%
Location
Nearby schools
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Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Haveley Hey Community School0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Newall Green Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Baguley Hall Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden0.9 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
Benchill Primary School ranks 147th of the 252 ranked primary schools in Manchester.
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primary
- Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Acacias Community Primary School Primary
- Acre Hall Primary School Primary
- Aldwyn Primary School Primary
- Alkrington Primary School Primary
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Primary
- All Saints Primary School Primary
- Alma Park Primary School Primary
- Armitage CofE Primary School Primary
- Ashbury Meadow Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Benchill Primary School teach?
- Benchill Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Benchill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Benchill Primary School is Mr Steven Rooney, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Benchill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Benchill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Benchill Primary School?
- Benchill Primary School has 479 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Benchill Primary School full?
- Benchill Primary School has capacity for 574 pupils and 479 on roll (83%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Benchill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Benchill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Benchill Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Benchill Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Benchill Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Benchill Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Benchill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Benchill Primary School rank locally?
- Benchill Primary School ranked 63rd of 125 primary schools in Manchester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Benchill Primary School's absence rate?
- Benchill Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Benchill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Benchill Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2026.