Parrenthorn High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bury
Unique reference
105358
Address
Heywood Road, M25 2BW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1029 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
47.7%
Girls
52.3%
First language not English
17.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.4%
Persistent absence
30.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 54.4%
Pakistani 14.7%
Mixed 9.3%
Indian 4.3%
Other White 3.8%
Other Asian 3.4%
Other 2.9%
African 2.8%
Chinese 1.7%
Other Black 1.3%
Caribbean 0.7%
Irish 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.8
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.28
Local authority average 3.89
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award28
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & DesignGCSE26
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE49
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Parrenthorn High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
214
2nd preference
127
3rd preference
59
From another Local Authority
69
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
191
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
91
117
Year 8
203
101
102
Year 9
209
96
113
Year 10
202
99
103
Year 11
207
104
103
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
86.0%
85.6%
Further education
56.0%
43.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
2.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
35.0%
39.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.8%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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