The Castle Rock School

Castle Rock High School first opened in 1958 on an adjacent site which is now occupied by Forest Way School. The school relocated to new buildings next to King Edward VII Science and Sport College in 2006. In August 2012 the school converted to academy status, and in November 2017 it became the lead school of The Apollo Partnership Trust, a multi-academy trust.[2]

The school was known as King Edward VII Grammar School, named after King Edward VII. On 5 May 1968, a recording of Songs of Praise at the school was broadcast.[3] The school choir was featured on 29 September 1968 on In Every Corner Sing on BBC Radio 4[4] and also on the Home Service on Children's Hour[5] on 16 July 1950. It later became a comprehensive school and was renamed King Edward VII Community College. In 2008 the school gained specialist status as Sports College and a Science College and was renamed King Edward VII Science and Sport College. In October 2012 it converted to academy status.[6]

In March 2020 King Edward VII Science and Sport College joined The Apollo Partnership Trust and formally merged with Castle Rock High School in September 2020. From then merged school was named The Castle Rock School.[7]

• Prof John Dowell FRS FInstP, Poynting Professor of Physics from 1997–2002 at the University of Birmingham
• Prof Norman March, Coulson Professor of Theoretical Chemistry from 1977–94 at the University of Oxford
• Prof Peter Odell, Professor of Economic Geography from 1968–81 at Erasmus University Rotterdam, North Sea oil economist
• Prof John A. Pickett CBE FRS, insecticide researcher at Rothamsted Research
• Prof Fred Smith[10] (1911–65), carbohydrate chemist, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Minnesota winning the C. S. Hudson Award in 1962, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham who worked with Maurice Stacey on the Tube Alloys uranium-refinement project, and went to work on the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with Harry Julius Emeléus and Sir Mark Oliphant