Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
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Motto | Fide et Labore (through faith and hard work) |
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Established | 1701, 1913 |
Type | Academy grammar |
Headmaster | Alan Porteous[1] |
Location | Glen Road Waterfoot, Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7BJ England Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Local authority | Lancashire County Council |
DfE URN | 119809 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Students | 1250 |
Gender | Mixed |
Ages | 11–18 |
Houses | B R G S N W |
Website | www.brgs.org.uk |
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (BRGS) is a selective co-educational academy grammar school in Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The school is named after the two main towns either side of Waterfoot, Bacup and Rawtenstall.
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History
Founded in the 18th century as Newchurch Grammar School, it opened its doors in 1701 on land bequeathed by a certain John Kershaw. The foundation stones for the current site were laid by the Mayors of Bacup and Rawtenstall on 1 July 1911. The school opened in 1913.
Admissions
The current headmaster is Alan Porteous (Headmaster from 2012–present) who replaced the former headmaster, Marc Morris (who joined the school in April 2005, replacing the retiring Martyn Morris (not related) and moved to Hong Kong in December 2011 where he took the position of headteacher at Sha Tin College)
The school is attended by approximately 1250 students, split between the lower school (years 7-11), which has approximately 180 pupils per year (in six groups of thirty pupils each) and the sixth form (years 12 & 13) with 250 pupils per year (in separate groups). Its status as a selective-entry state school for years seven to eleven (aged 11 to 16) means that the school is vastly oversubscribed, with many children competing for each place by taking an entrance examination while in their final year of primary school. Entry to the sixth form is non-selective except for the condition of the student's having gained at least four grade B and four grade C marks from their best 8 GCSEs.
Music Tuition
Every pupil will play a musical instrument in music lessons, but all pupils also have the choice to have lessons additionally. These lessons are with specialised teachers, who have practice rooms where they teach their musical category. (E.g. Drums, Brass, Woodwind, Voice.) These lessons are paid for - in private or in small groups of about two. Any pupil can choose this at any point in the year.
Academic performance
The school ranks high in British School league tables; recent figures can be viewed at the BBC's records
In September 2013 Trinity Mirror's ranking of state funded schools placed BRGS at 119th of 3,079 with a score of 76 out of a 100. It was rated as a 5 star school with the following attributes
Attainment: 2 star Teaching: 2 star Behaviour: 1 star Outcomes: 1.5 star
A unique ranking system, using 21 different measures, compiled from the latest publicly available data- teacher ratio, attendance etc., was used to create this table rather than just GCSE results. Manchester Metropolitan University have supported this data as more comprehensive and useful for parents
The majority of students continue on to further education, the school has a long history of sending students to the Russell Group and Oxbridge universities.
Notable former pupils
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- Kristan Bromley, skeleton racer
- Natalie Casey, actress
- Pattie Coldwell (1952–2002), TV presenter
- Agyness Deyn, model
- Sir John Egan, former Chief Executive of Jaguar Cars, currently Chairman of Severn Trent plc
- Ben Hanley, racing driver
- Betty Jackson, fashion designer, who designed the Autograph collection at Marks & Spencer
- Sam Minihan, footballer
- Carlo Nash, footballer
- Rt Revd Jack Nicholls, Bishop of Sheffield from 1997 to 2008 and Bishop of Lancaster from 1990-7
- Prof Peter Ormerod, President of the British Thoracic Society 2008-, based at the Royal Blackburn Hospital
- Prof Michael Pilling CBE, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1992-4, Professor of Physical Chemistry from 1989 to 2007
- Winston Place (1914–2002), cricketer
- Sir Paul Stephenson, Metropolitan Police Commissioner 2008–11
- Ernest Tomlinson, light music composer
- Phil Lester, BBC Radio 1 presenter and personality
- Tommy Bell, Rugby Union player, Sale Sharks, London Wasps and England national under-18 rugby union team
- Sophie Lancaster, young goth murdered in Bacup
Former teachers
- Trevor Park (1927–95), former MP for South East Derbyshire
- Paul Patrick (1950–2008), LGBT rights activist
References
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