Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Manchester, M22 9NW
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Benchill Primary School
Benchill Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M22 8EJ
Local ranking64th of 128 primary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
574
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 26 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 60.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 1.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 51.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 67
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 503
- Boys
- 258 (51%)
- Girls
- 245 (49%)
- Capacity
- 574 (88% full)
- SEND
- 19.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 67.0%
- EAL
- 31.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,178/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 52.7%
- Black African: 10.5%
- Asian Indian: 7.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.8%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Other: 3.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
52.7%
White British
10.5%
Black African
7.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Benchill Road
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 132241
- UKPRN
- 10069447
- Establishment No.
- 2341
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