The Barlow RC High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M20 6BX
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Parrs Wood High School
Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 5PG
Local ranking21st of 31 secondary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1854
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 42.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 296
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
158
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 361
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1867
- Boys
- 1004 (54%)
- Girls
- 863 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1854 (101% full)
- SEND
- 13.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.9%
- EAL
- 39.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 114.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,928/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 36.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 17.6%
- Asian Other: 7.7%
- Other: 6.5%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Mixed Other: 4.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.9%
36.4%
White British
17.6%
Asian Pakistani
7.7%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wilmslow Road
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 143260
- UKPRN
- 10057634
- Establishment No.
- 4248
- Trust
- GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
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