How old is BRGS?

How old is BRGS?

The teachers of that school became the nucleus of the new staff at the Bacup and Rawtenstall Secondary and Technical School (later to change its name to Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School) which opened on the present site in 1913.

Is BRGS an academy?

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School gained academy status on the 1st October 2012. BRGS has a history of relative autonomy having been one of the first Grant-Maintained schools in 1989 and more recently having Foundation Status. As an academy the school receives its funding directly from the Government.

Is BRGS a good school?

BRGS has been ranked =77th in The Sunday Times Parent Power League Table of the top 250 state secondary schools for 2016. From all the state secondary schools in the NW, BRGS is ranked a superb 8th. The calculations used by The Sunday Times used 2016 examination results with A*-B grades at A-level double weighted.

How many pupils at BRGS?

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….

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Enrolment	1300
Website	http://www.brgs.org.uk/

When was BRGS built?

1703
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School/Founded

What does BRGS stand for?

BRGS

Acronym	Definition
BRGS	Best Regards
BRGS	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (Rossendale, UK)
BRGS	Baton Rouge Geological Society
BRGS	Bernard Revel Graduate School (Yeshiva University; New York, NY)

Is bacup a nice area?

Bacup is picturesque if you’ve a penchant for Victorian stone terraces and great hulking moors, which I do. Most of the centre is a conservation area. Film crews turn up regularly, after that perfectly preserved old-cotton-town-gone-a-bit-to-seed look.

What is Bacup famous for?

cotton town
English Heritage, a public body responsible for the management and maintenance of England’s significant historical architecture and archaeology, has proclaimed Bacup as the best preserved cotton town in England; the town centre has been designated a Conservation Area of Special Architectural and Historic Interest.

When did Bacup baths close?

This was Bacup Baths in 1980 taken shortly before it closed down. To many people of a certain age, this picture will be very familiar. Most East Lancashire towns had their own baths – all of a very similar design.

When did Bacup station close?

5 December 1966
Bacup railway station served the town of Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, from 1852 until closure in 1966 and was the terminus of two lines; one from Rawtenstall and the other from Rochdale….Bacup railway station.

Bacup
5 December 1966	Station closes

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