Rastrick High School
The Rastrick High School is a mixed-gender 11-18 academy school located in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England. A specialist school, it is a Technology College.HistoryThe 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 impressive design and technology specialist equipment for student use.Academic performanceThe school is ranked 9th out of 17 secondary schools that are in Calderdale, based on GCSE pass rates. It gets reasonable results at GCSE, well above the Calderdale average.AlumniRastrick Grammar School Christopher Paul Baker, travel writer 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
