| 1572 | Robert Dewhurst M.A. | |
| 1581 | William Hallsteade M.A. | to 1587 |
| 1588 | No master | |
| 1589 | Zachary Saunders M.A. | to 1591 |
| 1592 | Edwyn Brindle | died 1608 |
| 1608 | John Aynesworth B.A. | forged documents, resigned 1617 |
| 1617 | George Rudall | |
| 1625 | Henry Bodurda B.A. | M.A. 1627 |
| 1629 | Edmund Shaw B.A. | Minister of Rivington 1633 |
| 1633 | William Duckworth B.A. | |
| 1635 | John Crooke B.A. | resigned 1640, Usher acted until 1642 |
| 1642 | John Broadbent | |
| 1646 | Henry Fielden B.A. | withdrew 1649, Usher acted until 1654 |
| 1654 | Henry Fielden B.A. | returned |
| 1660 | John Breres Jnr. | died 1667 |
| 1669 | John Bradley B.A. | |
| 1710 | John Glassbrook B.A. | resigned 1715 |
| 1716 | Daniel Bentley B.A. | |
| 1717 | Natham Pierpoint B.A. | died 1727 after resigning |
| 1729 | John Norcross Snr. B.A. | curate of Horwich Church |
| 1765 | John Norcross Jnr. B.A. | curate of Horwich Church |
| 1780 | Richard Hargreaves M.A. | left 1798 |
| 1799 | Joseph Coward M.A. | died in 1801 |
| 1801 | Thomas Jenner Hogg | resigned 1805 |
| 1805 | Rev. William Heaton B.A. | became Curate 1813, left school 1815 |
| 1815 | Rev. Joseph Whittaker M.A. | Curate of Blackrod Church |
| 1857 | Septimus Tebay B.A. | died in the workhouse. |
| 1876 | H.F. Maltby | Master of Blackrod School and Rivington jointly, located at Rivington. |
| 1881 | Rivington Grammar School Closed | |
| 1882 | after rebuilding on same site Rivington Elementary School opened |