William Hulme's Grammar School
Primary performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
We do not have a checked cut-off distance for William Hulme's Grammar School yet. Manchester does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
We do not have a checked cut-off distance for William Hulme's Grammar School yet. Manchester does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)
William Hulme's Grammar School is an all-through school covering ages 3–18, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
School profile
- Age range
- 3–18
- Pupils on roll
- 1,590
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
What pupils do next
The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About William Hulme's Grammar School
William Hulme's Grammar School is an all-through school in Manchester, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Christian religious character. Around 1,590 pupils aged 3 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 51.9, above the national average of 46. On our composite score, William Hulme's Grammar School ranks in the top 35% of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the top 22% of secondary schools nationally.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 57% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. Competition for places is real here - 81% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (74 first choices for 60 places). Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. William Hulme's Grammar School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.