William Hulme's is a Co-educational Day Grammar School for pupils aged 4-18 and includes a Preparatory Department. The School stands in 17 acres of ground, two miles from the centre of Manchester and is in the middle of a fast-growing area of opportunity. We pride ourselves on maintaining and promoting high academic standards through good teaching and a genuine care for every pupil. The strong pastoral system helps each child achieve his or her social and academic potential. Examination results are good, class sizes are small where this is necessary and the curriculum has a wide choice of optional subjects complementing the core. Homework is an essential element in programmes of study.
The facilities for all subjects are extensive and modern; the excellent provision for sports and games includes a new changing room block, a refurbished swimming pool and new all-weather tennis courts. Additional facilities include a purpose-built sixth form common room, a library and careers suite, the Zochonis Centre, incorporating modern languages and information technology, a new music department equipped with the latest technology and drama facilities, to support our developing reputation in these extra-curricular fields. The School has a CCF contingent and a first class outdoor pursuits centre at Hardraw in Wensleydale and exchange trips are frequently arranged to other European countries either for academic or cultural reasons.
The atmosphere of William Hulme's is friendly and happy but with an underlying awareness of the desire for personal achievement. We encourage the development of individual and collective skills which will benefit a pupil in later life whether in terms of a higher education, a career or living a purposeful life. We have a cheerful and motivated school where a sense of corporate discipline is always evident. The wide social mix of our intake means we have a realistic community ready to meet any challenge for the future.
Alumni - Sir Robert Mark; Air Chief Marshal Sir Joseph Gilbert; Judge Michael Blackburn; John Lee; Michael Lord; Andrew Bennett MP; Sir C Stansfield Smith; J N Hopwood; John Midgley; Sir H J Seddon; Prof R Cocker; Sir P Rogers; Prof M Broady; James Hickman (Olympic Swimmer); Andrew Hinchcliffe (England Footballer).
