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Rastrick High School

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Established
  
1985

Headteacher
  
Steve Evans

Ofsted
  
Reports

Number of students
  
1,412

Local authority
  
Calderdale

Type
  
Academy and Sixth form

DfE URN
  
137444 Tables

Phone
  
+44 1484 710235

Founded
  
1985

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Rastrick High School

Location
  
Field Top Road Rastrick West Yorkshire HD6 3XB England

Address
  
Field Top Rd, Brighouse HD6 3XB, UK

Motto
  
"Working together for individual success."

Similar
  
Brighouse High School, Lightcliffe Academy, The Brooksba School, Greenhead College, Royds Hall Community School

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Rastrick High School (and Sixth Form) is a mixed-gender academy school for 11- to 18-year-olds located in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England. A specialist school, it is a Technology College.

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History

The school was formed in 1985 following the merger of Rastrick Grammar School and Reinswood Secondary School. However, its history can be traced back to 1621. The school is a technology specialist school and provides design and technology specialist equipment for student use.

Academic performance

The school is ranked 9th out of 17 secondary schools that are in Calderdale, based on GCSE pass rates. Its GCSE results are above the Calderdale average.

Rastrick Grammar School

  • Christopher Paul Baker, travel writer and photographer, and adventure motorcyclist
  • Richard Blakey a former England and Yorkshire cricketer.
  • John Ellis, Labour MP for Bristol North West from 1966–70 and Brigg and Scunthorpe
  • Sir (Albert) Larry Lamb, editor of the Daily Express from 1983–6 and of The Sun from 1969–72 and 1975–81
  • Sir John E. Walker, Professor of Molecular Bioenergetics at the University of Cambridge since 2002, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997 for discovery of an enzyme mechanism in the synthesis of Adenosine triphosphate
  • Former and current teachers

  • Peter Clark – former head teacher, received a CBE in 1998.
  • References

    Rastrick High School Wikipedia