Whalley Range 11-18 High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Manchester
Unique reference
141264
Address
Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, M16 8GW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1662 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
79%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.1%
Persistent absence
21.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.0%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 41.6%
Other 18.8%
African 11.6%
Mixed 6.1%
Bangladeshi 5.2%
Other Asian 5.2%
Unclassified 3%
Indian 2.7%
White British 2.3%
Other White 1.2%
Caribbean 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 59%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.7
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award33
ArabicGCSE40
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE61
Business Studies:SingleGCSE37
ChemistryGCSE59
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE264
English LiteratureGCSE263
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Whalley Range 11-18 High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
266
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
216
2nd preference
209
3rd preference
118
From another Local Authority
67
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
192
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
15
To another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
278
0
278
Year 8
269
0
269
Year 9
267
0
267
Year 10
269
0
269
Year 11
272
0
272
Year 12
176
0
176
Year 13
131
0
131
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
84.4%
85.6%
Further education
18.0%
35.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
46.0%
15.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
29.0%
33.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
9.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
77.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
27.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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