Parrs Wood Sixth Form Centre

Infobox UK school
name = Parrs Wood Sixth Form Centre


established = 2000
approx =
c_approx =
type = Sixth Form College
religion = Non-Denominational
head = Tarun Kapur
specialist = Design and Technology, Arts
city = East Didsbury
county = Greater Manchester
country = United Kingdom
LEA = Manchester City Council
staff =
enrollment = 450
gender = Mixed
lower_age = 16
upper_age = 19
colours = Light blue
website = http://www.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk/sixthform

Parrs Wood Sixth Form Centre is part of the Parrs Wood Technology College school campus and is located in (East) Didsbury, Manchester. Parrs Wood Sixth Form opened in 2000 after the rebuild of the entire school. The centre has its own building on the campus independent from the main school, housing its own canteen, common room, internet cafè, ICT rooms, careers, UCAS and Connexions advisors and counselling support for students.

A-level results

Parrs Wood Sixth Form is a centre of excellence for A-level studies.A-level results 2006 - 99% pass - 23% at A - 48% at A/B.

Courses

Parrs Wood Sixth Form offers a wide range of courses for its students, some of these include: Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Physics, Economics, English Language, English Literature, Mathematics with Statistics or Mechanics, Art, Health & social care, British Government and politics, business studies, law, media studies, French, German, Spanish, Urdu, IT, world development, dance and many more.

Media

Parrs Wood Sixth Form and Parrs Wood Technology College is often used for filming for various TV companies. Most recently Parrs Wood Sixth Form was used to film "High School Prom" for Channel 4, in which students from the sixth form were given £5,000 to put on their own prom night. The show turned out to be very successful.

External links

* [http://www.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk Parrs Wood High School official website]
* [http://www.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk/sixthform Parrs Wood Sixth Form official website]