Whalley Range 11–18 High School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Manchester council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Manchester's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 187 families put this school as their first choice, and 252 places were offered. 187 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 28 April 2022: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1712 (capacity 1650)

Gender

Girls

Academy trust

GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST

Phone

01618619727

Address

Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8GW

Website

wrhs1118.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports