Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

School Name: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Address: Glen Road
Town/City: Rossendale
Postcode: BB4 7BJ
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone Number: 01706 234500
Website: https://www.brgs.org.uk/

Phase: Secondary (ages 11-18)
Type: Academy converter
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Selective
Established: 2023
Trust: Star Academies
Sponsor: Star Academies

Headteacher: Mr James Johnstone
Capacity: 1260
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 1087 (51% boys & 49% girls)
Enrollment: 86% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 7.3%

URN: 150261
DfE Number: 888/4032
UKPRN: 10093637
UPRN: 100012543535
Region: North West (E12000002)
District: Rossendale (E07000125)
Constituency: Rossendale and Darwen (E14001450)
Electoral Ward: Hareholme & Waterfoot (E05015821)

Easting & Northing: 383761E, 421916N
Latitude & Longitude: 53° 41' 38.65" N 2° 14' 50.16" W
Plus Code: 9C5VMQV3+J3

DfE Record: View record

1. Waterfoot Primary School (0.2km)
2. The Valley Leadership Academy (0.6km)
3. Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School (0.7km)
4. Staghills Nursery School (0.9km)
5. St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch (0.9km)
6. St Anne's Church of England Primary School (1.0km)
7. Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School (1.7km)
8. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup (1.9km)
9. Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School (2.8km)
10. Alder Grange School (2.9km)

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