Wellacre Technology Academy
Irlam Road, Flixton, Manchester, M41 6AP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- WELLACRE TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Julie Sharrock
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,032
- Pupils on roll
- 727
- URN
- 136378
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617485011
About this school
Wellacre Technology Academy is a boys' secondary academy in Manchester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 727 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 109 | 116 | 131 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.5 | 45.6 | 46.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.34 -0.61 to -0.08 | -0.32 -0.58 to -0.06 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 47.4% | 40.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 71.6% | 64.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 2.6% | 44.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wellacre Technology Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Trafford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.5 | 50.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.6 | 51.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46 | 51.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 653 |
| 2023/24 | 686 |
| 2024/25 | 718 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wellacre Technology Academy compares
Wellacre Technology Academy ranked 14th of 18 secondary schools in Trafford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46 | 7.5% | 23% | 727 | — |
| Flixton Girls School | 48.3 | 7.3% | 19.7% | 981 | 1.0 miles |
| Urmston Grammar Academy | 71.7 | 4.2% | 8.6% | 1,137 | 1.4 miles |
| Irlam and Cadishead Academy | 43.6 | 8% | 40.1% | 844 | 1.7 miles |
| Salford City Academy | 46.1 | 10.3% | 45.2% | 876 | 2.3 miles |
| St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy | 42.4 | 8.7% | 34.9% | 688 | 2.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
- 17 October 2023
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Ungraded inspection report22 June 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.98%
- English as an additional language
- 7.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.47%
- Persistent absence
- 17.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Flixton Girls School1.0 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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Urmston Grammar Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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Irlam and Cadishead Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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Salford City Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
Wellacre Technology Academy ranks 29th of the 59 ranked secondary schools in Manchester.
- Audenshaw School Secondary
- Broadoak School Secondary
- Burnage Academy for Boys Secondary
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School Secondary
- Chorlton High School Secondary
- CHS South Secondary
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue Secondary
- Co-op Academy Failsworth Secondary
- Co-op Academy Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy North Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy Swinton Secondary
- Co-op Academy Walkden Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wellacre Technology Academy teach?
- Wellacre Technology Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Manchester.
- Who is the principal of Wellacre Technology Academy?
- The principal of Wellacre Technology Academy is Mrs Julie Sharrock, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wellacre Technology Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wellacre Technology Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Wellacre Technology Academy?
- Wellacre Technology Academy has 727 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Wellacre Technology Academy full?
- Wellacre Technology Academy has capacity for 1,032 pupils and 727 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wellacre Technology Academy a faith school?
- No. Wellacre Technology Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Wellacre Technology Academy a selective school?
- No. Wellacre Technology Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Wellacre Technology Academy?
- Wellacre Technology Academy is part of WELLACRE TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wellacre Technology Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.5 in 2022/23 and 46 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wellacre Technology Academy rank locally?
- Wellacre Technology Academy ranked 14th of 18 secondary schools in Trafford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wellacre Technology Academy's absence rate?
- Wellacre Technology Academy's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wellacre Technology Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wellacre Technology Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.