PLANS to end the single-sex status of two Manchester schools have been abandoned.

Education chiefs had wanted the secondary schools to accept pupils of both sexes but have dropped the plans following a host of complaints from parents.

Manchester council had originally proposed giving mixed status to all five single-sex schools in the city but abandoned this after a consultation showed support for not changing their status.

Instead there were plans to relocate boys-only Burnage High School to the same site as Levenshulme Girls' School and build a new mixed school in Burnage.

But governors and parents said they felt students worked better separated.

At a meeting of senior councillors it was agreed to retain existing admissions policies. Instead both schools will have new buildings.

Other single sex schools are: North Manchester High for Girls, North Manchester High for Boys and Whalley Range. Tweet