Parrs Wood High School opened in 1967 as an 11-18 co-educational comprehensive school situated in the South Manchester suburb of Didsbury.

The school is now housed in brand new buildings on an adjacent site and houses 1,600 students in the main school with 400 in the Sixth Form. The school is regularly over-subscribed in Year 7 and has an excellent local, national and international reputation.

The school is truly comprehensive. It is a multi-cultural, multi-faith school with a wide mix of ability levels.

Parrs Wood is at the heart of the local community and it’s facilities are used by a wide range of community groups.

The school has strong links with local primary schools, further and higher education and local business.

Within the main school building, the Independent Learning Centre provides pupils with an opportunity to develop a wide range of independent curriculum based study skills. It is staffed by a permanent team who support pupils to become independent and reflective learners.

Our Virtual Learning Environment ensures that pupils can access resources outside lesson time using the internet. In addition we offer a ‘home-school’ package for some pupils who have difficulty in coming to school due to illness etc.

• A brand new purpose built Main School Building housing 10 curriculum areas.
• The Sixth Form Centre.
• Parrs Wood House Music Faculty, a newly refurbished 1780's listed building.
• Drama and dance studios.
• The Sports Centre with Gymnasiums, a fitness room, all weather pitch and playing fields.
• The South Manchester City Learning Centre.

Each classroom (except for practical subjects) is carpeted, has window blinds and is equipped with:

• A computer which is connected to the intranet and internet
• An OHP
• A whiteboard
• A smaller whiteboard for each lesson’s Learning Objectives
• A tutor noticeboard
• Storage cupboard
• A TV and video player – the TV can receive centrally screened presentations
• A literacy area for displaying Key Words and a Numeracy area for displaying aspects of numeracy
• Display boards
• Criteria for examination grades
• School rules
• A clock

Science labs, technology, ICT and maths rooms all have data projectors. Sets of laptops can also be booked for classroom use.

Tables in Science are not fixed to the floor to allow flexible working layouts for different learning situations.