The Birches School
Special / other · Manchester · M20 2XZ
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 14 May 2024
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168 pupils
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 60.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 55.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Website
- www.thebirchesschool.org
- URN
- 105613
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
no data
no data
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 14 May 2024: Good
- 1 November 2016: Yes - improving (outstanding)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.