Bury Church of England High School
Academy converter · 802 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.1
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Parrenthorn High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,025of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 29.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 198
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Parrenthorn High School (URN 105358, until 1 September 2025).
What the data says
Parrenthorn High School has no sixth form. Of the 194 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 41% moved to a sixth form college, 48% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 41% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.5 against 46.1 across England and 43.4 in Bury, with 40% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bury and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Parrenthorn High School | Bury | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 194 | 2,219 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 2% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 41% | 41% | 13% |
| — further education college | 48% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Parrenthorn High School | Bury | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.5 | 43.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 33% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.92 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 28% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.8 | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.4 | 47.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 24% | 17% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 197 | 99% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 69% |
| Mathematics | 197 | 99% | 88% | 17% | 22% | 68% |
| English Language | 197 | 99% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 63% |
| Religious Studies | 194 | 98% | 31% | 8% | 32% | 51% |
| Combined Science | 142 | 72% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 56% |
| History | 106 | 54% | 41% | 22% | 26% | 47% |
| Geography | 86 | 43% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 43% |
| Spanish | 74 | 37% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 52 | 26% | 23% | 31% | 47% | 75% |
| Biology | 52 | 26% | 23% | 33% | 45% | 77% |
| Physics | 52 | 26% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 69% |
| Art and Design | 44 | 22% | 7% | 11% | 24% | 66% |
| Computer Science | 35 | 18% | 13% | 20% | 30% | 49% |
| Business Studies | 35 | 18% | 18% | 14% | 20% | 60% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 27 | 14% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 70% |
| Physical Education | 20 | 10% | 11% | 35% | 24% | 85% |
| Textiles | 13 | 7% | 2% | 31% | 27% | 69% |
| Graphic Communication | 12 | 6% | 1% | 42% | 23% | 92% |
| 3D Design | 9 | 5% | 2% | 11% | 16% | 78% |
| Drama | 7 | 4% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 86% |
| Statistics | 7 | 4% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| Music | 6 | 3% | 5% | 50% | 33% | 83% |
| Russian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Punjabi | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Japanese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bury
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St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.