Secondary school in Manchester, Bury
Parrenthorn High School
Heywood Road, Manchester, M25 2BW
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 March 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1025
- Places
- 1050
- How full
- Nearly full — 1025 of 1050 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 502 / 523
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Bury 022A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 29%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 22%
- Households owning their home
- 66%
- Households in social housing
- 7%
- Households with no car
- 23%
- Adults economically inactive
- 42%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- VISION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Rachel Miles
- Local authority
- Bury
- Ward
- Holyrood
- Constituency
- Bury South
- URN
- 151969
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heys SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 34 | 0.9 mi |
| Unsworth AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 45.4 | 1.2 mi |
| St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 50.4 | 1.3 mi |
| Manchester Mesivta SchoolVoluntary aided school | Requires improvement 2024 | 39.3 | 1.5 mi |
| Philips High SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2022 | 50.3 | 1.5 mi |
| Our Lady's RC High SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 49.1 | 1.9 mi |
| Edgar Wood AcademyFree schools | Requires improvement 2023 | — | 2 mi |
| Ahavas Torah Boys AcademyOther independent school | No grade | — | 2 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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