Wright Robinson College, Manchester

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Wright Robinson College on 6 areas: 2 exceptional and 4 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Exceptional. "Pupils' high levels of attendance have been sustained over time."

Inclusion - Exceptional. "Leaders' meticulous work to identify and remove pupils' barriers to learning and wellbeing ensures that all pupils, regardless of need or disadvantage, flourish."

Achievement - Strong standard. "Leaders' success at removing any barriers to pupils' learning means that pupils make impressive progress from their starting points."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders' expectations of what pupils can achieve are remarkably high."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders' vision of excellence and clear moral purpose permeates each aspect of the school's work."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "In every corridor, celebrations of pupils' achievements testify to the culture of success that has been established."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should sustain the effectiveness of their work to further refine the quality of teaching, including in citizenship and personal, social, health and economic education, to continue to enhance the impact that this has on pupils' learning".

In 2026, pupils at Wright Robinson College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Manchester and 47 across England.

62% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Manchester and 47% in England.

That is up from 49.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.34: pupils made above 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 49.5, against 55.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 398 families put Wright Robinson College as their first choice and 869 named it as one of their preferences, for 344 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 76 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wright Robinson College are Fairfield High School for Girls (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.5); Droylsden Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.7); Denton Community Academy (1.3 miles, Attainment 8 46.1); and Audenshaw School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.4).

Wright Robinson College's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Wright Robinson College is run by its own single-school academy trust.

90 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wright Robinson College (as of April 2026): 88% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (75%).

Of the 347 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

47.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 293 pupils (16.5%) received SEN support and 53 (3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Fairfield Rail Station, about 690 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wright Robinson Sports College (at), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Wright Robinson College stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Wright Robinson College issued 271 suspensions, 15 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wright Robinson College are St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles); Abbey Hey Primary Academy (0.5 miles); St Clement's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles); and Fairfield Road Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.