William Hulme's Grammar School
All-through schoolWilliam Hulme's Grammar School is a all-through school in Manchester, for pupils aged 3 to 18. It had 1,542 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, June 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 18 June 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 72% of pupils at William Hulme's Grammar School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Manchester and 62% in England.
8% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at William Hulme's Grammar School was 49.7, against 45.6 in Manchester and 46.2 in England.
56.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.7 | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56.2% | 44.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70.8% | 62.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 178 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Kassim Darwish Grammar School for BoysIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file250 m
- Whalley Range 11-18 High SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, April 2022. Attainment 8 of 52.1 (2025/26, provisional)360 m
- St Bede's CollegeIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file670 m
- St Margaret's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- Wilbraham Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 m
- St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Outstanding, March 2024. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Manchester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).