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. 

In June 2024, Wright Robinson College was one of only 3 Greater Manchester Schools who were awarded the Platinum School Games Mark. 

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 fifth 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.

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 has been awarded the Gill Parry Best Practice in PE Award 2021.

The PE department developed the 'My mind my body’ to increase awareness of the importance of physical activity on the mind and body, with a focus on the physical, mental and social benefits. In the first instance, it was a two-week enrichment programme where the PE timetable was collapsed and the pupils followed a set programme, which consisted of different activities in PE lessons and across school. WRC staff, outside agencies (army, bikeability, fire brigade) and the pastoral team, ran the sessions. As a result of the feedback from the students regarding the two weeks and the excitement it created around school, it was felt that this initiative needed to be more than a ‘bolt on’ project and needed to embed into school life. The extra-curricular programme was adapted and the ‘Let’s Play’ clubs were introduced. These were activities where students could just play for physical, social or mental reasons and there was no pressure to join teams, compete against others or be coached.

The college then went on to develop the Let’s Play programme. Recently students have become Young Mental Health Champions and have started training to work with other young people within school.

The success of the initiative was a catalyst for a whole school approach towards mental health and wellbeing, which resulted in the appointment of a Mental Health and Wellbeing lead. Throughout the year, different departments deliver My Mind My Body through their curriculum.