Wellacre Technology Academy, Manchester

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Wellacre Technology Academy on 6 areas: 2 strong standard, 3 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have made a number of highly impactful decisions to support pupils who may face barriers to their learning or wellbeing."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have crafted and embedded a robust, engaging personal development programme."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have successfully embedded processes to help pupils who struggle to attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have taken effective action to improve the curriculum and teaching since the last inspection."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and trustees are fully committed to improving the life chances of every pupil who attends Wellacre."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Leaders' positive changes to curriculum and teaching have not yet resulted in sustained improvements in how well pupils achieve across all subjects and stages."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the systems they have in place to monitor the impact of their actions lead to an improvement in how well pupils achieve in national examinations at the end of key stage 4"; "Leaders should continue to refine the assessment strategies in place to provide pupils with regular, meaningful opportunities to revisit their work and deepen their knowledge across the curriculum".

In 2026, pupils at Wellacre Technology Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 58.2 in Trafford and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 66% in Trafford and 47% in England.

That is up from 46 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.32: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.4, against 50.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Hospitality and Catering.

For September 2026 entry, 124 families put Wellacre Technology Academy as their first choice and 235 named it as one of their preferences, for 155 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wellacre Technology Academy are Flixton Girls School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 46.9); Urmston Grammar Academy (1.4 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 75.6); Irlam and Cadishead Academy (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.3); and Salford City Academy (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6).

Wellacre Technology Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Wellacre Technology Academy is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 116 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 60% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

7.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%), Mixed (7%) and Asian (5%).

The nearest railway station is Flixton Rail Station, about 780 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodsend Crescent Road (opposite), 140 metres away.

In 2024/25, Wellacre Technology Academy issued 110 suspensions, 15.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 7 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wellacre Technology Academy are St Monica's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.1 miles); Acre Hall Primary School (0.1 miles); St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School (0.6 miles); and Flixton Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.