Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

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Towards the end of the 17th century, land was bequeathed by a certain John Kershaw to endow a school in the Waterfoot area of Rossendale. The school was eventually opened in 1701 and later moved to better premises across the valley in Newchurch. By the end of the 19th century, Newchurch Grammar School had established a sound reputation. 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. The headmaster of Newchurch Grammar School became the first head of the new school. Significantly, there have been only five headteachers since his retirement.