Benchill Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Manchester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Benchill Primary School is a primary school in Manchester for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Benchill Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 40 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as also happened at 105 of the 136 other Manchester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 64.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 49.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Manchester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Manchester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Benchill Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 8EJ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 479 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 64.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Recently established leaders have designed a curriculum that has increased the ambition for pupils.”
- “The school is taking the right actions to improve the education that pupils receive.”
- “Pupils behave consistently well.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not learn consistently well across all areas.”
- “By the time that they leave the school, too many pupils do not have the reading skills that they need for their future learning.”
- “The impact of these actions is not yet apparent in several subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 60% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 40 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 40 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Manchester.
- Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Haveley Hey Community School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newall Green Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Baguley Hall Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's CofE Aided Primary School Northenden 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crossacres Primary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published