Wright Robinson proudly stands among a select few schools nationwide to have a UK Gold Teacher Ambassador. Miss Doyle is a Gold educator, accredited in democracy and citizenship education, delivering workshops, resources, and events to inspire students and colleagues, and fostering deeper engagement with Parliament and voting in our  school and community. Our Gold Ambassador acts as a link between Parliament's Education Service and our school, promoting active participation in democracy.

Wright Robinson College has once again received the SEND Inclusion Award (SENDIA).

The SENDIA is awarded to schools who deliver high-quality education for pupils with SEND. Compliant with the SEND Code of Practice, the award framework focuses on removing barriers to learning through early identification, inclusive teaching and leadership. The college has fully evaluated impact in order to improve classroom practice and pupil outcomes.

Wright Robinson College has once again received the Excellence in Pupil Development Award (EPDA).

This award offers a structured framework to evaluate and enrich our pastoral curriculum. The award evidences that the college is successful in developing pupil’s personal attributes and attitudes, such as self-confidence, resilience and self-discipline and preparing pupils for life in modern Britain.

Wright Robinson College has once again received the Wellbeing Award for Schools (WAS). 

This award focuses on changing the long-term culture of the whole school. Using an evidence-based framework to drive change, it helps schools to deliver staff and pupil wellbeing, review staff training and revise school policies. This award recognises that mental health and wellbeing sit at the heart of life at Wright Robinson.

We are pleased to announce that Wright Robinson is this year’s winner for the North West Educate Award for ‘Outstanding Commitment to STEM in a Secondary School’ .

It is fantastic to have received the award as recognition for all of the hard work that takes place at the college on a daily basis. There has been a significant development of our STEM programme over recent years and the awards recognised how STEM is now embedded across college life, fostering curiosity, collaboration, and resilience among students.

Our Music Department has been awarded the Music Mark of Recognition for Ambition and Quality.

This prestigious recognition celebrates our commitment to providing high-quality music education for our students. Music Mark members are leaders in music education and form a national network of organisations and individuals dedicated to nurturing musical development across the country.

We look forward to continuing to inspire and empower every student through the joy of music.

The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. We are extremely happy to have been awarded the highest ranking for the 8th consecutive year and as a result of embracing the School Games ethos, more students are more active and engaging in physical activity, sport and leadership at a level that is bespoke to the individual.

We're absolutely thrilled to announce that Wright Robinson College has achieved the One Education Reading Award at the GOLD level! This fantastic recognition illustrates the commitment shown by our school to building a successful reading curriculum and highlights our focus on providing students with the skills, passion, and enthusiasm they need for reading.

Developing a strong reading culture takes hard work and determination, and we want to thank everyone—staff and students—who contributed to this success! We're dedicated to ensuring this is just one step on our continuing reading journey as we continue to grow, develop, and inspire our students to keep on reading for the whole of their lives.

Wright Robinson College has been recognised for delivering high-quality computing education to young people, developing their digital skills and preparing them for the future. 

Wright Robinson College has achieved the national Computing Quality Mark after evaluating its computing education and demonstrating high-quality provision. The Computing Quality Mark is awarded by the National Centre for Computing Education and recognises excellence of computing education offered by a school as part of their curriculum development through the Computing Quality Framework (CQF).

Wright Robinson College has achieved the Royal Life Saving Society’s Water Smart Schools Gold Level accreditation.  

The college’s Aquatics Teacher & Deputy Head of PE led the implementation of the scheme.  Our year 7 and 9 students completed a Royal Life Saving Society questionnaire before the activities began and completed the same questionnaire after all of the activities to measure the impact of the activities on student knowledge.

Throughout the college we delivered assemblies on drowning prevention and water safety. Our School council visited the neighbouring Debdale reservoir to gain an understanding of the dangers and how to assist someone in difficulties in the water which they then reported back to the student body.

Water safety and self-rescue lessons are included in our curriculum swimming programme and we have now launched our Rookie Lifeguard Award programme for year 7 students.

We are proud to be one of the only secondary schools in the country to have achieved this accreditation.

SSAT Transforming Practice 2025

The SSAT Framework for Exceptional Education is a self-review and planning framework designed to support schools to take a principled approach to self-evaluation and self-improvement that goes beyond statutory inspection frameworks. It is open to SSAT Leading Edge members who must be outstanding or strong good schools.

In July 2025, Wright Robinson applied for and were successful in receiving accreditation for two stands – Effective Teaching Approaches and Professional Learning. For both strands the college received the ‘transforming’ accreditation – the highest possible standard.

The SSAT accreditations are testament to the outstanding curriculum and assessment programmes and practice at the college for the benefit of our students. 

We are very pleased to announce that Wright Robinson Colleges Eco-Committee have successfully  achieved an Eco-Schools Green Flag Award with Distinction.

The Eco-Schools programme was created to empower young people to make a difference in their school, local community and beyond revolving around environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity-loss, plastic pollution and much more.

Wright Robinson has been recognised as a Manchester Asthma Friendly School 2024-25. 

At Wright Robinson we have effective systems and procedures in place to support our young people diagnosed with asthma.

Wright Robinson has received a National Online Safety Certified School Accreditation for its whole school community approach to protecting children in the online world.

National Online Safety is a multi-award winning digital training provider with extensive resources in online safety, developed in line with the Department of Education’s statutory requirements.

James Southworth, co-founder of National Online Safety, said: “Congratulations to everyone at Wright Robinson College on becoming a National Online Safety Certified School. By completing our training programme, the school has shown its strong commitment to implementing an effective whole school approach to online safety. It can be increasingly difficult for schools and parents to stay ahead of online threats and ensure both children and staff are safeguarded from potentially harmful and inappropriate online material. We arm schools with the knowledge they need to understand online dangers and react in the best way possible to any problems.”

We are pleased to announce that Wright Robinson is this year’s 2024 winner for the North West Educate Award for ‘Outstanding Commitment to Sport in a Secondary School’ .

It is fantastic to have received the award as recognition for all of the hard work that takes place at the college on a daily basis. Year after year we continue to enhance our extensive Physical Education and extra-curricular sporting programme, promoting a lifelong passion for physical activity and sport in young people whilst providing a wealth of opportunities for our community here in Greater Manchester.

Wright Robinson has been awarded accreditation for the Modeshift STARS Approved Travel Plan. Modeshift STARS is the Centre of Excellence for the delivery of Effective Travel Plans in Education, Business and Community settings. The scheme recognises schools, businesses and other organisations that have shown excellence in supporting cycling, walking and other forms of sustainable and active travel.

Wright Robinson College has been recognised as a Music Mark School. This accreditation is in recognition of our commitment to provide a high-quality musical education for our students. In addition, the College has engaged in developing conversations relating to improving our musical provisions and shown a recognition of the value of music in education as part of a broad and balanced curriculum, implementing a strategy for music throughout the college.

SSAT Transforming Practice 2024

The SSAT Framework for Exceptional Education is a self-review and planning framework designed to support schools to take a principled approach to self-evaluation and self-improvement that goes beyond statutory inspection frameworks. It is open to SSAT Leading Edge members who must be outstanding or strong good schools.

In July 2024, Wright Robinson applied for and were successful in receiving accreditation for two stands – Principled Curriculum Design and Principled Assessment. For both strands the college received the ‘transforming’ accreditation – the highest possible standard.

The SSAT accreditations are testament to the outstanding curriculum and assessment programmes and practice at the college for the benefit of our students. 

Wright Robinson has won the award for ‘Outstanding Progress in a Secondary School’' 2024.

The award is presented to the UK Secondary School that has made outstanding progress in the management of its facilities, finances and human resources and can demonstrate an increase in the educational performance of the school. The college has been commended on continuously boosting attendance and behaviour in addition to providing high quality teaching to improve the life chances of our young people.  

Wright Robinson College has been chosen as one of the UK's Best Places to Work 2024. The Sunday Times has revealed the Best Places to Work in the UK for 2024. This nationwide workplace survey honours and celebrates Britain's top employers - which number over 500 organisations across industries and sizes - and acknowledges the best workplaces for women, LGBTQIA+ community, disabled employees, ethnic minorities, younger and older workers, and wellbeing. 

Wright Robinson College is the only high school in the UK to be named as a Times Best Place to Work 2024. 

The college are delighted that their excellent outcomes have been recognised by SSAT (The Schools, Students and Teachers Network) in this year’s Educational Outcomes Awards. The award recognises that Wright Robinson College is among the highest performing secondary schools in the country, based on 2023 performance data and information from Ofsted.

Wright Robinson College was recognised for being in the top 20% of schools nationally for student progress in the 2023 end of KS4 exams.

The SSAT Educational Outcomes database compares all state-funded schools in England. To be recognised with an Educational Outcomes Award is a significant achievement and a testament to the work of the whole school community. 

Sue Williamson, Chief Executive of SSAT said:

“Congratulations to Wright Robinson College on winning an SSAT Educational Outcomes Award. This success is down to the superb learning and teaching, outstanding support and inspirational leadership of students, staff, parents and governors. You have made a huge difference to the lives of the young people in your school. Thank you.”

The award serves as recognition for the outstanding learning journey that students at Wright Robinson undertake resulting in outcomes which will strengthen their future opportunities.

The afPE Quality Mark is a prestigious award which evidences the strength and quality of Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA) at Wright Robinson College. It will raise the profile of the subject and the school, both locally and nationally, and will promote the outstanding work that is being undertaken on a daily basis.

 The AfPE Quality Mark:

• Ensures rigour and sustainability in the planning, monitoring and continuous development of high quality PESSPA
• Recognises and celebrates outstanding practice and innovation in PESSPA so that the school ‘stands out from the crowd’
• Provides evidence of whole school improvement
• Raises the profile and promotes a positive message of PESSPA at local, regional and national levels
• Provides a platform for sharing excellence and success
• Outlines where your school is now, and where you are going!

"The difference that high quality physical education, school sport & physical activity make to the

lives of young people, is quite remarkable”- AfPE

At the 2022 North West Educate Awards, held at Liverpool Cathedral, Wright Robinson were presented with the Award for ‘Outstanding Commitment to Sport in a Secondary School’ . 

It is fantastic to have received the award as recognition for all of the hard work that takes place at the college on a daily basis.

The college has an extensive Physical Education and extra-curricular sporting programme, promoting a lifelong passion for physical activity and sport in young people whilst providing a wealth of opportunities for our community here in Greater Manchester.  

Wright Robinson College was awarded 1st place in the Manchester Healthy Schools 'The Big Health Challenge 2022'. This year's theme was 'What are you as a school community doing to promote positive health & wellbeing with next year's year 7'.

Our winning entry included a primary wellbeing festival, organised and delivered by our Year 9 Young Leaders. The activities focused on the '5 ways to wellbeing' and dealing with 'change when moving to a secondary school'. 

Wright Robinson College was named as the Silver Award winner of The Goldsmiths’ Company Awards for Community Engagement 2022. Created in 2018, the prestigious awards celebrate the unsung work of students going above and beyond to support local communities through volunteer work and charitable initiatives that are overlooked in exam and test results.

Following three-day regional heats in March, Wright Robinson College was selected from a total of 147 schools which took park in the awards this year, with students striving to make a tangible difference within their local communities. Wright Robinson is delighted to have our environmental initiatives recognised within the finals this year. Presenting their initiatives to the judging panel, the students showcased how their initiatives have had a positive impact on the local environment.  Each of the eight schools shortlisted for the award demonstrated exceptional dedication to supporting and improving their local community. 

Wright Robinson College has received the SEND Inclusion Award (SENDIA). The SENDIA is awarded to schools who deliver high-quality education for pupils with SEND. Compliant with the SEND Code of Practice, the award framework focuses on removing barriers to learning through early identification, inclusive teaching and leadership. The college has fully evaluated impact in order to improve classroom practice and pupil outcomes.

Wright Robinson College has received the Excellence in Pupil Development Award (EPDA). This award offers a structured framework to evaluate and enrich our pastoral curriculum. The award evidences that the college is successful in developing pupil’s personal attributes and attitudes, such as self-confidence, resilience and self-discipline and preparing pupils for life in modern Britain.

Wright Robinson College has received the Wellbeing Award for Schools (WAS). This award focuses on changing the long-term culture of the whole school. Using an evidence-based framework to drive change, it helps schools to deliver staff and pupil wellbeing, review staff training and revise school policies. This award is evidence that that mental health and wellbeing sit at the heart of life at Wright Robinson.

Wright Robinson College PE department has been awarded the Gill Parry Best Practice in PE Award 2025. The PE team redesigning its curriculum to better meet the diverse needs of all students. Recognising the importance to move beyond an emphasis on progression across sports, the new curriculum centres on concepts aligned with the school’s ethos—particularly character and resilience.

Three domains of knowledge were created: Highly Skilful, Empowering Character, and Effective Thinking. Each targeting conceptual areas, aiming to nurture a well-rounded PE experience for students. Activities and school-wide initiatives are woven together to foster PE concepts, health and well-being and competition, with the overarching goal of developing the whole child.

PE concepts extend whole school through initiatives like My Mind My Body, which focuses on areas such as problem solving and creativity across all subjects during two weeks of adapted activities. The Let’s Play programme began as a PE initiative to encourage participation in physical activity for social and mental health benefits. Its success inspired a whole-school approach to extra-curricular clubs, threading PE concepts like resilience into other subjects.

A competitive element is the House System, originating in PE to develop students understanding of rules, leadership, and teamwork. Students are part of one of six houses competing in activities such as short tennis and swimming, culminating in rewards assemblies. The House System has expanded school-wide, promoting conceptual values across subjects and creating new leadership opportunities.