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{{Infobox UK school
| name          = Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
| image         = Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School 02.jpg
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| motto         = ''Fide et Labore''
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| established   = 1701
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| head_label    = Headmaster
| head          = Alan Porteous
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| specialist    = [[Mathematics and Computing College|Maths and Computing]]
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| street        = Glen Road
| city          = [[Waterfoot, Rossendale]]
| county        = [[Lancashire]]
| country       = [[England]]
| postcode      = BB4 7BJ
| LEA           = [[Lancashire|Lancashire County Council]]
| ofsted        = yes
| urn           = 119809
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| enrollment    = 1250
| gender        = [[Coeducation|Mixed]]
| lower_age     = 11
| upper_age     = 18
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| website       = http://www.brgs.org.uk/
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'''Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School''' (BRGS) is a [[selective school|selective]] [[co-education]]al [[Academy (English school)|academy]] [[grammar school]] in [[Waterfoot, Rossendale]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]]. The school is named after the two main towns either side of Waterfoot, [[Bacup]] and [[Rawtenstall]].

==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==
[[File:Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School.jpg|thumb|left|View of the school in 2006]]
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 150 pupils per year (in five 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 new school pupil has the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument of their choice after their first term, but the choice of instrument is limited depending on which teachers are available and everyone plays a recorder during the first term.

==Academic performance==
The school ranks high in British School [[league table]]s; recent figures can be viewed [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/05/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/888_5400.stm at the BBC's records]
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==
{{see also|Category:People educated at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School}}
* [[Kristan Bromley]], [[Skeleton (sport)|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|Severn Trent plc]]
* [[Ben Hanley]], racing driver
* [[Christopher P. Holland]], Professor of Information Systems at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
* [[Betty Jackson]], fashion designer, who designed the ''Autograph'' collection at [[Marks & Spencer]]
* [[Carlo Nash]], footballer
* Rt Revd [[Jack Nicholls]], Bishop of Sheffield from 1997–2008 and [[Anglican Bishop of Lancaster|Bishop of Lancaster]] from 1990-7
* Prof Peter Ormerod, President of the [[British Thoracic Society]] 2008-, based at the [[East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust|Royal Blackburn Hospital]]
* Prof Michael Pilling CBE, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Leeds]] from 1992-4, Professor of Physical Chemistry from 1989–2007
* [[Winston Place]] (1914–2002), cricketer
* [[Paul Stephenson (police officer)|Sir Paul Stephenson]], Metropolitan Police Commissioner 2008-11
* [[Ernest Tomlinson]], light music composer
* [[Ruth Brownrigg]], former banker at [[NatWest]], biographer of [[Danny DeVito]].
* [[Tommy Bell (rugby union)|Tommy Bell]], [[Rugby Union]] player, [[Sale Sharks]], [[London Wasps]] and [[England national under-18 rugby union team]]

==Former teachers==
* [[Trevor Park]] (1927–95), former MP for [[South East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Derbyshire]]
* [[Paul Patrick]] (1950–2008), [[LGBT]] rights activist

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://brgs.org.uk Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School website]
* [http://brgswiki.org BRGS Student Wiki]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=119809 EduBase]

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[[Category:Mathematics and Computing Colleges in England]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in the 1700s]]
[[Category:1701 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Schools in Rossendale]]
[[Category:Grammar schools in Lancashire]]
[[Category:People educated at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School|*]]
[[Category:Academies in Lancashire]]