Secondary
Whalley Range 11-18 High School
Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8GW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 1712 of 1650 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.7
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 112.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 151.6
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 1,662
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
47%
3 points above the Manchester average (44% across 60 schools)
52.1
5.3 above the Manchester average (46.8 across 60 schools)
11th of 60 by our score, among the secondary schools in Manchester we can score - 78 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.91 |
| Entered the EBacc | 67% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.02 |
| A level students | 77 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55% |
| 22/23 | 46% |
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 47% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 30.4 |
| 22/23 | 27.0 |
| 23/24 | 31.7 |
| 24/25 | 29.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.69 |
| 22/23 | +0.36 |
| 23/24 | +0.79 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52.8 |
| 22/23 | 50.0 |
| 23/24 | 51.9 |
| 24/25 | 52.1 |
Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8GW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Manchester admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Academy Headteacher
- Michael Lea
- Address
- Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8GW
- Telephone
- 01618619727