Parrenthorn High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Manchester, Bury
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.803 miles
Published by Bury Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Parrenthorn High School is a secondary school in Manchester, Bury for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Parrenthorn High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.803 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | 2.082 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 2.565 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2020 | 1.589 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.803 miles from the school, the 3rd shortest of 7 Bury secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.91 miles).
- Across the Year 7 years from 2020 to 2026, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2020.
- Year 7 2026 had 230 first-choice applications for 210 offers; 202 offers went to first-choice families, and 28 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 67 of the 451 Year 7 2026 applications came from families living outside Bury, and 19 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bury schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Heywood Road, Manchester, M25 2BW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bury
- Pupils on roll
- 1,025 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 230 first-preference applications, 210 offers in total, 202 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bury.
- The Heys School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Unsworth Academy 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Manchester Mesivta School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Philips High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Star Radcliffe Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Derby High School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bury Church of England High School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published