Parrenthorn High School is a secondary school located in Manchester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 25/04/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Heywood Road, Manchester, M25 2BW
Website: www.parrenthorn.co.uk
Telephone: 01617738634
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Bury
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Christopher Bell
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 105358

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 25/04/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1050
Number of Pupils: 959
Number of Boys: 493
Number of Girls: 466

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.35 Confidence interval -0.55 to -0.15
Of the 161 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 157 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:57%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:34%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:42.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.68
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Park View Primary School
Park View Road , Prestwich M25 1FA
3out of 4 237 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy
Sedgley Park Road , Prestwich M25 0JW
- not rated 379 yd Academy converter Yes Girls More About School
Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy
Sedgley Park Road , Prestwich M25 0JW
2out of 4 417 yd Academy converter Yes Boys More About School
St Hilda's Church of England Primary School
Whittaker Lane , Prestwich M25 1HA
3out of 4 756 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Sedgley Park Community Primary School
Kings Road , Prestwich M25 0HT
3out of 4 891 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Parrenthorn High School
Heywood Road , Prestwich M25 2BW
2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Manchester Mesivta School
Beechwood , Charlton Avenue M25 0PH
3out of 4 141 yd Voluntary aided school No Boys More About School
St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Bury Old Road , Prestwich M25 1JH
- not rated 623 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Heys School
Heys Road , Prestwich M25 1JZ
- not rated 1,249 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Beis Yaakov High School
69 Broom Lane , Bury New Road M7 4FF
3out of 4 2,118 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Abraham Moss Community School
Crescent Road , Crumpsall M8 5UF
3out of 4 3,226 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Prestwich Preparatory School
400 Bury Old Road , Prestwich M25 1PZ
- not rated 1,377 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Manchester Jewish Community High School
62 Singleton Road , M7 4LU
- not rated 1,507 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools
460 Bury New Rd , Salford M7 4LH
- not rated 1,510 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School
Ateres Elisheva
Beis Menachem , Park Lane M7 4JD
- not rated 1,510 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School
Manchester Jewish School for Special Education
Manchester Jewish Community Centre , M7 4QY
- not rated 1,584 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.