Parrenthorn High School
Heywood Road, Manchester, M25 2BW
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Parrenthorn High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Bell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Bury South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 1,033
- URN
- 105358
- Local authority
- Bury
About this school
Parrenthorn High School was a community secondary school in Manchester. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,033 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Parrenthorn High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 194 | 204 | 198 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.8 | 49.2 | 44.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.10 -0.10 to +0.30 | +0.21 +0.01 to +0.40 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 50.5% | 39.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 71.1% | 60.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 37% | 32.4% | 32.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Parrenthorn High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bury average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48.8 | 40.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.2 | 38.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.5 | 37.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,011 |
| 2023/24 | 1,029 |
| 2024/25 | 1,033 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Parrenthorn High School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 55% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.5 | 8.5% | 28.9% | 1,033 | — |
| Parrenthorn High School | — | — | — | 1,025 | 0.0 miles |
| The Heys School | 34 | 13.5% | 47.8% | 546 | 0.9 miles |
| Unsworth Academy | 45.4 | 7.7% | 31% | 953 | 1.2 miles |
| St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy | 50.4 | 7.9% | 23.9% | 1,032 | 1.3 miles |
| Manchester Mesivta School | 39.3 | 12.5% | 2.9% | 233 | 1.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.94%
- English as an additional language
- 16.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.53%
- Persistent absence
- 26.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Parrenthorn High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
The Heys School0.9 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Unsworth Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Bury
-
St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Manchester Mesivta School1.5 miles
Secondary · Prestwich
Other schools in Manchester
- Audenshaw School Secondary
- Broadoak School Secondary
- Burnage Academy for Boys Secondary
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School Secondary
- Chorlton High School Secondary
- CHS South Secondary
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue Secondary
- Co-op Academy Failsworth Secondary
- Co-op Academy Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy North Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy Swinton Secondary
- Co-op Academy Walkden Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Parrenthorn High School teach?
- Parrenthorn High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Manchester.
- Has Parrenthorn High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Parrenthorn High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Parrenthorn High School?
- Parrenthorn High School had 1,033 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Parrenthorn High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.8 in 2022/23 and 44.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Parrenthorn High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parrenthorn High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2025.