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Whalley Range 11-18 High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,712Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141264URN

Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8GW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodOct 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.3 below Manchester median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester

547 applications for 252 places · 22nd of 32 in Manchester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
52.1of 90
7th of 31 in Manchester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodOct 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2022

Inspection history

  1. 28 April 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Manchester median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

547 applications · 252 places offered · 187 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Manchester median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.4; Manchester median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.5; Manchester median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.4; Manchester median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.1; Manchester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.1; Manchester median median 2.1
  7. 2020 2.4; Manchester median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.3; Manchester median median 2.3
  9. 2018 2.4; Manchester median median 2.1
  10. 2017 2.9; Manchester median median 2.1
  11. 2016 2.5; Manchester median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.4; Manchester median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.2; Manchester median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Manchester median

Dashed bars: as Whalley Range 11-18 High School (URN 105558), the previous school.

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 20262525472.21870.74
Sep 20252525982.41920.76
Sep 20242666522.52160.81
Sep 20232616292.41900.73
Sep 20222695772.12250.84
Sep 20212685672.11930.72
Sep 20202696352.42140.80
Sep 20192696102.32040.76
Sep 20182706552.42410.89
Sep 20172607432.92991.15
Sep 20162666692.52510.94
Sep 20152706382.42470.91
Sep 2014 *2675952.22190.82

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

256 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)52.17th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths52%11th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.79
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25652.152%67%–
2024/2526052.147%70%–
2023/2426451.950%70%+0.79
2022/2326650.046%66%+0.36

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

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  • 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
141264 · 352/4257
Trust
Greater Manchester Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,650 pupils · 1,712 on roll
Free school meals
55.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2014
Replaced
Whalley Range 11-18 High School (URN 105558)
Address
Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8GW
Local authority
Manchester

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