Wellacre Technology Academy

Irlam Road, Manchester, M41 6AP

727 pupils · 70% of 1,032 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11–16
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-selective
Trust
WELLACRE TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY TRUST
Local authority
Trafford
Free school meals
21.2%

Ofsted

Requires improvement (2023)Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 17 October 2023, published 22 January 2024. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score46
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)40.5%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)64.9%
Entering the English Baccalaureate44.3%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.8 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry155124235147
Sept 2025 entry143114244140
Sept 2024 entry155128246152
Sept 2023 entry160106231139
Sept 2022 entry17499226140
Sept 2021 entry15279237139
Sept 2020 entry14095247128
Sept 2019 entry12491208121

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.