Whalley Range 11-18 High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Manchester
Wilbraham Road, Manchester, M16 8GW
74
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
96%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.9%
19.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,712
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
1,650 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
96%
1st preference success rate
184 of 192 families who put it first got an offer
252
Places offered
598
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 192 | 184 | ● 96% |
| 2nd preference | 180 | 50 | ● 28% |
| 3rd preference | 124 | 10 | ● 8% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 102 | 8 | ● 8% |
| Total | 598 | 252 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
Manchester lets families list 6 preferences. 66 applications came from outside the council area (28 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Michael Lea
- Address
- Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8GW
- Phone
- 01618619727
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward / constituency
- Whalley Range · Manchester Rusholme
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141264
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 55% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 79% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
1,712 pupils · 1,650 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
28 April 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,419 pupils
Attendance
92.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.79 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.95 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.72 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 69.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 66.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.91 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 260 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.02 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 10.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 77 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 261 | 16% | 48% | 72% | |
| English Language | 260 | 27% | 57% | 77% | |
| English Literature | 259 | 30% | 69% | 83% | |
| Religious Studies | 252 | 31% | 67% | 79% | |
| Combined Science | 226 | 19% | 48% | 63% | |
| Geography | 136 | 28% | 57% | 69% | |
| History | 93 | 31% | 54% | 65% | |
| Social Studies | 85 | 18% | 58% | 68% | |
| French | 54 | 41% | 81% | 89% | |
| Urdu | 50 | 58% | 90% | 94% | |
| Spanish | 47 | 49% | 85% | 96% | |
| Art and Design | 43 | 12% | 44% | 58% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | 32 | 3% | 3% | 44% | |
| Psychology | 30 | 0% | 3% | 17% | |
| Chemistry | 18 | 0% | 11% | 44% | |
| Biology | 17 | 0% | 12% | 18% | |
| Business Studies | 14 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| Mathematics | 12 | 0% | 8% | 50% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 10 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 8 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Arabic | 7 | 29% | 86% | 100% | |
| English Language | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| Physics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Urdu | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 11620: Whalley Range 11-18 High School and Business and Enterprise College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 57% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 5% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 57% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Manchester council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.