Parrs Wood Sixth Form Centre

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Parrs Wood Sixth Form Centre

Established	2000
Type	Sixth Form College
Religious affiliation	Non-Denominational
Headteacher	Tarun Kapur
Specialism	Design and Technology, Arts
Location	East Didsbury Greater Manchester United Kingdom
LEA	Manchester City Council
Students	450
Gender	Mixed
Ages	16 to 19
School 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.

1 A-level results
2 Courses
3 Media
4 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.