Year 7 allocations are now being processed.
You will be notified by your local council on 1 March 2024 of which school you have been allocated. Shortly after this, you will receive a letter from WHGS, either to confirm the offer of a place or to explain why your child has not been offered a place.
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 Friday 1 December 2023 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 ensre 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 your local council. 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 was 31 October 2023 at 5.00pm.
If you have applied to the academy, you will receive a letter during November 2023 with details of our Assessment Day.
If you have not received your letter by 27 November, please email the admissions officer: admissions@whgs-academy.org
Local authorities will send offer letters to parents/carers on 1 March 2024. We will also send offer or decline letters from the Academy soon after that date.