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Wellacre Technology Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 727Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • 136378URN

Irlam Road, Flixton, Urmston, Manchester, M41 6AP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
1.5 below Trafford median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in TraffordSelective

235 applications for 155 places · 18th of 19 in Trafford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.9of 90
11th of 18 in Trafford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 1 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 17 October 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement
  3. 22 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.5applications per place, Year 7
1.5 below Trafford median (3.1) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

235 applications · 155 places offered · 124 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Trafford median median 3.1
  2. 2025 1.7; Trafford median median 2.7
  3. 2024 1.6; Trafford median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.4; Trafford median median 2.8
  5. 2022 1.3; Trafford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 1.6; Trafford median median 3.4
  7. 2020 1.8; Trafford median median 2.5
  8. 2019 1.7; Trafford median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.7; Trafford median median 2.6
  10. 2017 1.6; Trafford median median 2.9
  11. 2016 1.6; Trafford median median 2.4
  12. 2015 1.7; Trafford median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.7; Trafford median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Trafford median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Trafford median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261552351.51240.80
Sep 20251432441.71140.80
Sep 20241552461.61280.83
Sep 20231602311.41060.66
Sep 20221742261.3990.57
Sep 20211522371.6790.52
Sep 20201402471.8950.68
Sep 20191242081.7910.73
Sep 20181212091.7780.64
Sep 20171312151.6870.66
Sep 20161232001.6830.67
Sep 20151502601.71030.69
Sep 20141502521.7950.63

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

128 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.911th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%11th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths70%
  • This school
  • Trafford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.32
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12847.946%70%–
2024/2513146.041%65%–
2023/2411645.647%72%−0.32
2022/2310943.538%64%−0.34

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136378 · 358/4016
Trust
Wellacre Technology Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,032 pupils · 727 on roll
Free school meals
21.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2011
Replaced
Wellacre Technology College (URN 106366)
Address
Irlam Road, Flixton, Urmston, Manchester, M41 6AP
Local authority
Trafford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources