Applications for Year 7 September 2023 are now closed.
You will be notified by your local council of your secondary school offer on 1st March 2023. Letters will be sent out from William Hulme's Grammar School shortly after this, to let you know if you have been offered a place or not.
Please note, we are not able to discuss your application and we do not give out results of the Banding Assessment.
If you have not yet made an application for Year 7 in 2023, you must contact your local council admissions team who will be able to advise you.
2023 Year 7 Applications
The published admissions number (PAN) for Year 7 of the Secondary Phase is 120. This number applies to those applicants being admitted from outside the academy. Pupils in the academy’s Year 6 progress to Year 7 automatically. If fewer than 60 pupils intend to transfer from Year 6, the academy will admit over the admission number up to the overall size of the Year 7 group of 180.
In line with our published admission arrangements, we will send an invitation letter to all on-time applicants to attend Assessment Day. This will take place on Thursday 1st December 2022 and all applicants are required to take this test, apart from those alreay on roll in Year 6 at the academy. The assessment is not a pass or fail test, it is to ensure that we have a comprehensive ability range in the school.
How to apply
Parents and carers who would like to apply to WHGS should make their child's application through their home local authority (council) by naming this school as one of their preferences on the Common Application Form (CAF).
If your child has an older sibling who is already on roll in Years 7 – 11 of the Academy and who will still be on roll in Years 7 – 11 on the date of admission, you must include this information on the Common Application Form you submit to Manchester Local Authority. If you do not include this information on your form, the application will not be considered under the sibling criterion.
If you would like your child to sit the Modern Foreign Languages Aptitude Test, you must complete the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) as well.
If you wish to apply under the Medical and Social Needs (exceptional circumstances) criterion you will need to apply on the Supplementary Information Form (SIF). You must also provide written evidence to the school of your child’s significant social or medical needs, addressed to the Admissions Officer, William Hulme’s Grammar School, Spring Bridge Road, Manchester, M16 8PR.
Examples of significant medical or social circumstances which the Academy may be able to take into account would be:
- Your child has a sensory impairment and needs to walk to the closest school for safety reasons.
- Your child has a serious physical disability which means they are unable to walk long distances or use public transport, and this is your nearest school.
Paper copies of the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) are also available from the school's main Reception.
The application closing date for applications is 31 October 2022 at 5.00pm.
Local authorities will communicate application decisions to parents/carers on 1 March 2023. We will also send offer or decline letters from the Academy soon after that date.
Virtual Open Evening
Online resources available!
Reception Applications
September 2023
We will be offering 60 Reception places for September 2023 entry. Applications should be made through the child's home local authority, by naming this school as one of the preferences on the Common Application Form (CAF).
You must mention on the CAF if your child has an older sibling already attending the Academy. If you do not tell us about a sibling, we will not be able to take this into account when allocating places.
If your child is already at William Hulme's Grammar School Nursery, you still need to apply on the CAF via your local authority.
REMEMBER, THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC TRANSFER FROM THE NURSERY TO RECEPTION CLASS
Applicants for Reception Class September 2023 entry should have a birth date between 1 September 2018 and 31 August 2019. Please see our Admissions Policy for information regarding the admission of children outside their normal age group.
If you wish to apply under the Medical and Social Needs (exceptional circumstances) criterion, you will need to provide written evidence to the school of your child’s significant social or medical needs, addressed to the Admissions Officer, William Hulme’s Grammar School, Spring Bridge Road, Manchester, M16 8PR. This must be sent directly to the school by the closing date of 16 January 2023.
Examples of significant medical or social circumstances which the Academy may be able to take into account would be:
- Your child has a sensory impairment and needs to walk to the closest school for safety reasons.
- Your child has a serious physical disability which means they are unable to walk long distances or use public transport, and this is your nearest school.
The application closing date is 16 January 2023.
Please note that being in WHGS Nursery Class 2022-23 does not guarantee your child a place in WHGS Reception Class 2022-23 because there is no automatic transfer from Nursery to Reception.
Local authorities will communicate application decisions to parents/carers on 17 April 2023.
Reception and Nursery Open Afternoons
- Weds 9 November 2022 2.00 - 3.00pm
- Thurs 24 November 2022 9.00 - 10.00am
- Mon 12 December 2022 2.00 - 3.00pm
- Friday 6 January 2023 10.00 - 11.00am
- Weds 11 January 2023 2.00 - 3.00pm
Reception and Nursery Open Afternoons (2.00pm-3.00pm). To book, please email ppreception@whgs-academy.org.
Nursery Applications
Closing date is Monday 16th January 2023 at 5.00pm
September 2023
We will be offering 52 Nursery places for September 2023 entry. All our Nursery places are full-time, 25 hours a week. Applications should be made via the Nursery Application Form. There are paper copies of the form availalbe from the school office (primary and secondary phases).
The closing date for applications is Monday 16 January 2023.
You must mention on the application form if your child has an older sibling already attending the Academy. If you do not tell us about a sibling, we will not be able to take this into account when allocating places.
Applicants for Nursery Class September 2023 entry should have a birth date between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020. Please do not complete the form if your child's date of birth is not between these dates.
If you wish to apply under the Medical and Social Needs (exceptional circumstances) criterion, you will need to provide written evidence to the school of your child’s significant social or medical needs, addressed to the Admissions Officer, William Hulme’s Grammar School, Spring Bridge Road, Manchester, M16 8PR. This must be sent directly to the school by the closing date of 16 January 2023.
Examples of significant medical or social circumstances which the Academy may be able to take into account would be:
- Your child has a sensory impairment and needs to walk to the closest school for safety reasons.
- Your child has a serious physical disability which means they are unable to walk long distances or use public transport, and this is your nearest school.
Please note that being in WHGS Nursery Class 2022-23 does not guarantee your child a place in WHGS Reception Class 2022-23 because there is no automatic transfer from Nursery to Reception.
Parents will find out if we have been able to offer a place in Nursery 2023 by letter in the middle of March 2023.
Reception and Nursery Open Afternoons
- Weds 9 November 2022 2.00 - 3.00pm
- Thurs 24 November 2022 9.00 - 10.00am
- Mon 12 December 2022 2.00 - 3.00pm
- Friday 6 January 2023 10.00 - 11.00am
- Weds 11 January 2023 2.00 - 3.00pm
Reception and Nursery Open Afternoons (2.00pm-3.00pm). To book, please email ppreception@whgs-academy.org.
Sixth Form Applications
We offer students a wide range of subjects taught by highly-skilled specialists, excellent pastoral support, careers advice and facilities and enrichment opportunities, including:
- A dedicated Sixth Form Centre with excellent study facilities
- Sixth Form café and common room
- Small class sizes
- Private study room
- Sixth Form laptops available from the Flexible Learning Space
- Individual support and mentoring, both academic and personal
- Extensive range of co-curricular activities including volunteering, DofE, MUN, Bar Mock Trial, sport
- Specialist support for entry to Oxbridge, Law, Medicine and Dentistry
Destinations of this year's Y13 leavers include the universities of: Manchester, Leeds, Oxford and Cambridge, amongst others. We have students going on to study subjects, such as Law, Biomedical Science, Engineering, Architecture, Psychology, International Business Management, Medicine, Computer Science, Maths and many more.
We hope that you will take the opportunity to come and visit us and choose William Hulme’s as the place to continue your path to academic success.
More Information on Sixth Form Admissions
In-Year Applications
(to Any Other Year Group Outside the Normal Admissions Round)
At the present time there are no vacancies in any year group at this school.
From 1 November 2022 to 31 August 2023, in-year applications will be dealt with in the following way:
If you are considering moving your child from their current school to this or any other Manchester school, you must contact Manchester City Council School Admissions on school.admissions@manchester.gov.uk or 0161 245 7166. They will be able to advise you about vacancies in other schools and assist you in making an In-Year application. More information can be found on the council's website: www.manchester.gov.uk/admissions.
Once an application is submitted, it is considered against the oversubscription criteria by the academy. If a place can be offered, the academy will contact you to arrange admission. If a place cannot be offered, your child’s name will be added to the waiting list. If you are not offered a place at an academy you state a preference for, you have the right of appeal against the decision.
We will only allocate a place from the waiting list if a child leaves the school in that year group, creating a vacancy. Places are allocated from the waiting list according to our admissions criteria and not by the length of time spent on the list.
2022 In Year Admissions Consultation
Current Process
Currently, where a place cannot be offered in a preferred school a child is placed on a school's waiting list for one term only. At the end of the term the child is removed from the waiting list and the parent then has to reapply to be added to the waiting list each term.
Proposed Change
The council is proposing to change the reapplication policy from three times per year to one. This means when an application is made, and a lower preference or alternative school place is offered, applicant details will remain on the waiting lists for the higher preference school for the whole or remainder of the academic year. All details of every application will then be removed yearly over the summer break rather than every term.
View the consultation document
Enquiries about the waiting list
We appreciate that many parents are extremely anxious to get their child into this school. If a place for a child does become available we will always contact the parent immediately by phone and/or letter to offer the place. If you have not heard from us, it is because your child has not been offered a place.
We would ask your co-operation in not telephoning the school to ask about the waiting list because of the huge volume of calls this generates which prevents us from doing other admissions work. If you would like to make an enquiry about your child's position on the waiting list, please email admissions@whgs-academy.org with the following information:
- Your child's full name
- Your child's date of birth
- The school year your child is currently in
- The first line of your address
We will respond as soon as we can. Thank you for helping us to provide a good service for all our applicants.
How do I apply for a place for my child who has an EHCP?
No pupil will be refused admission to school on the basis of his or her special educational need. In line with the Equality Act 2010, disabled children are not discriminated against in respect of admissions for a reason related to their disability. Best endeavours will be made to provide effective educational provision. William Hulme’s Grammar School will ensure that students with SEN are admitted on an equal basis with others in accordance with its admission policy. Where necessary in the Secondary phase, support will be given to enable students to access the Fair Banding Assessment and Modern Foreign Languages Aptitude Test for Year 7 applicants. The Director of SEND is frequently consulted in advance of application by parents of students with Special Educational Needs and is always willing to offer appropriate advice. Those accepted by the school are visited in their Primary Schools or previous settings and their needs discussed with parents and teachers in order to ascertain appropriate provision.>
Where a Local Authority proposes to name WHGS in an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) made in accordance with section 324 of the Education Act 1996, the school will be sent a consultation and will outline whether the pupils needs can be met and whether a place will be offered or not. If it is deemed that it would be incompatible with the provision of the efficient education of other children, this will be outlined in the consultation response to the Local Authority. The school shall admit any child in whose Education Health and Care Plan it has been appropriately named. In deciding whether a child’s inclusion would be incompatible with the efficient education of other children, the school shall have regard to the relevant guidance issued by the Secretary of State to maintained schools. In the event of any disagreement between the school and the Local Authority over the proposed naming of WHGS in an Education Health and Care plan, the school may ask the Secretary of State to determine whether it should be named. The Secretary of State’s determination shall be final.>
If your child is in Year 4 or 5 and has an EHCP and you would like to have a tour and meet a member of the team, please sign up to one of our open mornings, all start at 9:30am:
- 18 November 2022
- 9 February 2023
- 24 April 2023
- 16 June 2023
How do pupils get a place in a Resourced Provision?
As part of the assessment process for an Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP), discussions will take place between parents, schools, educational psychologists and the Statutory Assessment Team regarding provision.
For pupils with an EHCP, this provision is discussed as part of the annual review process. A review can be held at any time where there is a significant change in circumstances.
Places at a Resourced Provision are allocated by the Local Authority.
Additional Support and Advice
You can contact the school's SEND team by email at: SEND@whgs-academy.org.
Enquiries About Making an Application
We know that many parents have questions about the application process. Please read our prospectus well and have a look at our Frequently Asked Questions before telephoning the school to ask admissions questions as we have a large number of telephone calls at this time of year. Thank you for helping us to provide a good service to all of our applicants.
Telephone number (for admissions enquiries only): 0161 241 1489
Email the Admissions Officer