Parrs Wood High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 16 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Manchester
Unique reference
143260
Address
Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury, M20 5PG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1915 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.3%
Girls
47.7%
First language not English
40.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.1%
Persistent absence
18.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 35.9%
Pakistani 19.8%
Mixed 11.4%
Other 6.1%
Other White 5.7%
Other Asian 5.6%
Bangladeshi 4.9%
African 2.4%
Indian 2.1%
Unclassified 2.1%
Chinese 2%
Caribbean 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 32%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.3
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.09
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award24
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award27
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award23
Health StudiesTechnical Award38
MultimediaTechnical Award1
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award96
Ancient HistoryGCSE34
ArabicGCSE10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Parrs Wood High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
291
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
222
2nd preference
282
3rd preference
199
From another Local Authority
161
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
199
2nd preference
74
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
40
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
308
160
148
Year 8
298
133
165
Year 9
299
161
138
Year 10
301
171
130
Year 11
290
150
140
Year 12
207
116
91
Year 13
212
111
101
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
36.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
14.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
21.0%
35.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
6.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
78.0%
75.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
25.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
23.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.2%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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