Parrs Wood High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M20 5PG
- Distance
- 0.9km away
The Barlow RC High School
Parrs Wood Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6BX
Local ranking15th of 31 secondary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 36.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 178
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 918
- Boys
- 481 (52%)
- Girls
- 437 (48%)
- Capacity
- 900 (102% full)
- SEND
- 15.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.6%
- EAL
- 17.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.7%
- SEN Support
- 7.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,254/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 46.7%
- Black African: 12.2%
- White Other: 8.4%
- Other: 5.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.1%
- Asian Indian: 4.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
46.7%
White British
12.2%
Black African
8.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Parrs Wood Road
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105581
- UKPRN
- 10017761
- Establishment No.
- 4768
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Score
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Score
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