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Our Primary Phase Action Ambassadors have launched their new social action campaign with a visit to Manchester South Central Foodbank.

On Wednesday, we celebrated our first Whole School Culture Day of the academic year!

Year 8 students spent an aptly rainy Tuesday afternoon taking shelter in the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, and watching a spell-binding performance of Willian Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Learn with Me session on Early Reading Skills. It was a pleasure to see such enthusiastic participation, and the positive feedback we received was truly appreciated.

This week, our Primary pupils have really enjoyed learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali —the festival of lights.

Two teams of Year 6 pupils proudly participated in the T1 Rugby Mega Fest held by Team Mcr at WHGS Secondary.

On Tuesday 7 October, WHGS welcomed friends from Henshaws. As this was their first visit of the year, students were excited to perform and be part of the celebrations.

A thrilling and action-packed Team Mcr Girls’ Football Event was recently held at Whalley Range 11-18 High School, bringing together enthusiastic young female footballers from across the area.

During the last two weeks of September, twenty-six students from KS3 have represented WHGS in the Manchester Schools Cross Country event held at Wythenshawe Sports Ground.

On Monday 22 September, our Year 13 Law and Politics students, accompanied by Ms Ingham (Head of Law and Politics) and Ms Simpson (Vice Principal), travelled to London for an educational visit. The trip included tours of the Supreme Court, Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament.

~ 84% of student achieve a grade 4 or above in English and 83% achieve a grade 4 or above in Maths ~

Students and staff at William Hulme’s Grammar School (WHGS) are celebrating securing the next steps in their education after receiving another very strong set of A Levels results today.

View a short video showing some of the activities and events undertaken by our students during the Summer Term of 2025

Year 6 wowed audiences with their phenomenal performance of ‘Oliver’. They confidently sang classic songs, such as ‘Food Glorious Food’ and ‘Consider Yourself’ with great volume and expression, and showed great characterisation to bring to life iconic characters like Fagin, the Artful Dodger and, of course, Oliver.

This term, Year 4 have been diving into the inspiring life of Emmeline Pankhurst as part of their history topic—and what a journey it’s been!

On Monday 7 July, Year 10 History students attended a trip to the People's History Museum in Manchester, exploring exhibitions on the history of protest, democracy, society and culture in Britain from the Industrial period to the modern day.

William Hulme’s Grammar School has received high praise from Ofsted following a recent inspection, with inspectors highlighting the school’s exceptional culture, high academic standards and strong leadership.

Year 3 experienced a little bit of culture last week. Both classes visited Manchester Art Gallery and took part in two workshops to learn even more about Greek Mythology.  

We had a lovely little celebration with our Book Clubbers after school on Thursday, celebrating how they had finished reading 'Quiet Storm'.

On Monday 7 July, Hasnat in Year 10 competed in the final of the prestigious national Poetry by Heart competition at The Globe Theatre in London.