William Hulme's Grammar School

State-Funded School

william-hulmes-grammar-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Manchester RusholmeConstituency

M16 8PRPostcode

8.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

William Hulme's Grammar School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 3–18, located in Manchester, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,542 pupils. William Hulme's Grammar School is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 51.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 56.6%
EBacc average point score: 4.76

Ethnicity

White

Asian

52%

Black

18%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

15%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,542

Total Pupils

57%Boys

43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

40%

England average

27%

First language not English

61%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 3 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,542
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: UNITED LEARNING TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 18 June 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Jun 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.