Rivington and Blackrod High School is a Church of England, voluntary aided comprehensive and sixth form school in the North West region of England. The school is located at two sites, with the upper school situated on Rivington Lane in Rivington, Lancashire (SD637127), and the lower school situated on Albert Street in Horwich, Greater Manchester (SD638118).
The Rivington school was created as the Free Grammar school of Queen Elizabeth In Rovingto...
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Rivington and Blackrod High School is a Church of England, voluntary aided comprehensive and sixth form school in the North West region of England. The school is located at two sites, with the upper school situated on Rivington Lane in Rivington, Lancashire (SD637127), and the lower school situated on Albert Street in Horwich, Greater Manchester (SD638118).
The Rivington school was created as the Free Grammar school of Queen Elizabeth In Rovington , located in the English village now known as Rivington. The charter of foundation by Royal Patent of Elizabeth I dates to 1566. The School was amalgamated with the nearby Blackrod Grammar School by Her Majesty Queen Victoria 1875. Blackrod Grammar School was founded in 1568 by the will of John Holmes, a London weaver. ‘Traditionally the Grammar school has the prime purpose of producing future clerics'. Rivington Grammar School was founded for the children of ordinary locals.
In the Rivington schools earliest days no formal arrangement...
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