Wright Robinson College

Wright Robinson College is an 11-16 coeducational secondary school situated in Abbey Hey, Gorton, Manchester, England.

The college is situated in extensive grounds alongside Gorton reservoir and surrounding greenbelt.

The school converted to academy status in November 2019 and is now sponsored by the Flagship Learning Trust.

[2] The Executive Headteacher of the college is Mr M. E. Haworth and the Chair of Governors is Mrs C Shaw.

The school also is equipped with a 300+ seat auditorium, an exhibition area, an audio visual suite, Apple Mac suites for the use of media studies classes, electronic registration and monitoring system, a drama studio, music recital rooms, outdoor eating facilities (referred to as "pods"), five separate pupil break areas (quads) and excellent science experimentation facilities.

[citation needed] This was based on a national record that WRC holds for the most number of Junior sporting titles held by a British high school.

In September 2008, the college was officially opened by the First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr Gordon Brown.

The centre, then known as G-Mex, was also the venue for gymnastics, weightlifting, judo and wrestling during the 2002 Commonwealth Games.