Wright Robinson College has been involved with the 2002 Commonwealth Games weightlifting events.

Since becoming a sports college in 1997, the school has held onto the specialism and has seen a 94% rise in the number of pupils gaining 2 GCSE A-C Grades in Sport.

In 2007, The Times named the school "The best school for sport in the United Kingdom".
This was based on a national record that WRC holds for the most number of Junior sporting titles held by a British high school.
Various sports teams at the school at the time had achieved 43 national sporting titles, 56 regional titles and 63 county/Manchester Schools titles.

In conjunction with the Manchester Institute of Sport and Physical Activity (MISPA) at the Manchester Metropolitan University and the Youth Sports Trust, Wright Robinson has taken part in a ten-year research project.
The project was designed to support the school's strategic aim of raising academic standards and increasing whole school participation in Physical Education and Sport.
In ten years over 10,000 children and 1,000,000 hours of PE have been assessed.
The evidence shows that participation in physical activity enables young people to significantly improve their physical competence, confidence and self-esteem.
More active pupils were also found to generally achieve higher academic attainment with 62% of physically active pupils achieving five or more A*-C GCSE grades including mathematics and English compared to 38% of the least active pupils.

The research project won a Times Educational Supplement Award for Outstanding Sporting Initiative at the 2009 inaugural TES School awards for excellence and teamwork in education.
The judges noted, "The good partnership between the school and the university.
The university acts as an excellent prefect.
The research has provided long-term, serious evidence".
They also praised the involvement of disaffected pupils.
In the 2013-14 football year, the college failed in all year age groups to qualify past the first round in the English schools cup competitions.

Since 2012 the Manchester Giants basketball team has used Wright Robinson as its home venue.
Wright Robinson College has been involved with the 2002 Commonwealth Games weightlifting events.
Since becoming a sports college in 1997, the school has held onto the specialism and has seen a 94% rise in the number of pupils gaining 2 GCSE A-C Grades in Sport.
In 2007, The Times named the school "The best school for sport in the United Kingdom". This was based on a national record that WRC holds for the most number of Junior sporting titles held by a British high school. Various sports teams at the school at the time had achieved 43 national sporting titles, 56 regional titles and 63 county/Manchester Schools titles.
In conjunction with the Manchester Institute of Sport and Physical Activity (MISPA) at the Manchester Metropolitan University and the Youth Sports Trust, Wright Robinson has taken part in a ten-year research project. The project was designed to support the school's strategic aim of raising academic standards and increasing whole school participation in Physical Education and Sport. In ten years over 10,000 children and 1,000,000 hours of PE have been assessed. The evidence shows that participation in physical activity enables young people to significantly improve their physical competence, confidence and self-esteem. More active pupils were also found to generally achieve higher academic attainment with 62% of physically active pupils achieving five or more A*-C GCSE grades including mathematics and English compared to 38% of the least active pupils.
The research project won a Times Educational Supplement Award for Outstanding Sporting Initiative at the 2009 inaugural TES School awards for excellence and teamwork in education. The judges noted, "The good partnership between the school and the university. The university acts as an excellent prefect. The research has provided long-term, serious evidence". They also praised the involvement of disaffected pupils. In the 2013-14 football year, the college failed in all year age groups to qualify past the first round in the English schools cup competitions.
Since 2012 the Manchester Giants basketball team has used Wright Robinson as its home venue.
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