Year 7 Applications

Year 7 2026: Information for applicants

• Applications for Year 7 2026 have now closed. If you have not yet applied for a secondary school, you should contact your local council to make a late application.
• Applications for Year 7 2026 are now being processed by the school and local councils. 
• If you have named WHGS as one of your preferences, you will receive a letter in the post from the school with all the details of Assessment Day in due course.
• Please help us at this very busy time by not ringing the school. We are not able to discuss the progress of any applications.

Assessment Day - Thursday 4 December 2025

• Assessment Day took place on Thursday 4 December 2025 at the academy. By publishing this date in July 2025,  the school expects all students to be available on the specified date. 
• Your child will take a series of short Non Verbal Reasoning (NVR) tests, lasting around 45 minutes in total.
• To apply for the MFL Aptitude test, where we offer 12 places to the top scorers, please fill in the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) on this page. There is no need to prepare for this optional test. 
• No preparation is needed because this is not a pass or fail test. The students are divided into five equal ability bands following the test. Places are offered fairly from each band.
• If your child has additional needs or requires extra time for the NVR test, please let us know by completing the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) Year 7 SIF

Offers for Year 7 2026 and your right to appeal

Your local council will write to you to advise where your child has been offered a place. Letters to successful applicants will be sent out from William Hulme's Grammar School in early March 2026. If your child has been refused a place at William Hulme's Grammar School, under the terms of the Education Act 1998, there is a right of appeal to an Independent Appeals Panel. If you wish to exercise your right to appeal, please download the Appeals Form from our website or come in to school to collect a paper form. If you have questions about why your child has been refused a place, please email admissions@whgs-academy.org

Year 7 general information on applications

• The closing date for on-time applications is 31 October in the year your child is in Year 6.
• Our Published Admission Number for Year 7 is 120. An additional 60 places will be offered to WHGS Year 6s.
• If your child has an older sibling at the school, who will still be in Years 7 – 11 when the Year 7 child starts, you must put their details on the form. A sibling is a full, half, step or foster brother or sister who lives at the same address. 
• If you do not include sibling information on your form to the council, the application will not be considered under the sibling criterion.
• In late November, the school will write to you with a time to attend Assessment Day on Thursday 4 December 2025. Applicants who do not attend the Assessment Day will only be considered after those who have attended. 
• To apply for the Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Aptitude Test, you must also complete the Supplementary Information Form (SIF). This test will also take place on Assessment Day, Thursday 4 December 2025.
• If your child has a Special Educational Need or is a Looked After/Previously Looked After Child (LAC or PLAC), please tell us on the Supplementary Information Form (SIF).
• Year 6 children in William Hulme's Grammar School Primary Phase are entitled to an automatic transfer to Year 7 with no need to take the NVR test. You must still apply through your local council by the closing date.
• After the closing date of 31 October, the school will send an invitation letter to every applicant to attend Assessment Day. 
• William Hulme's Grammar School is very oversubscribed every year. Parents should research their school preferences carefully and make sure they use all the preferences on the council form.

Year 7 SIF

• If you wish to apply under the Medical and Social Needs criterion (also known as Category 2 by the council) criterion you will need to apply on the Supplementary Information Form (SIF) above. 
• 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. This is in addition to any information you have provided to your local council. 

  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.