Whalley Range 11-18 High School
Academy converter · Manchester · M16 8GW
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,712
Local authority
Manchester
Age range
Ages 11–18
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Girls academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Manchester, Manchester, 1,712 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 55%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141264
Location
- Address
- Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range
- Postcode
- M16 8GW
- Town
- Manchester
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Local authority
- Manchester
- District
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,712
- Boys / girls
- 0 / 1,712
- School capacity
- 1,650
- Capacity fill
- 1,712 / 1,650 (104%)
- Free school meals
- 55%
- FSM pupils
- 749
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Girls
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Education and Leadership Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Lea
- Telephone
- 01618619727
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-06-21
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 51.9
- Progress 8
- 0.8
- English & maths grade 5+
- 50%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 70%
- EBacc entry
- 64%
- EBacc APS
- 5.0