| Location | Crosslet Road Silverton, Dumbarton West Dunbartonshire G82 2AJ Scotland |
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| Local authority | West Dunbartonshire |
| Students | 700+[1] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Clyde Fruin Leven Luss |
| Website | WDC school page |
Dumbarton Academy is a non denomonational secondary school in West Dunbartonshire and serves the town of Dumbarton and the surrounding area.
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It is situated near the railway, off the B830 in the east of Dumbarton. St James Retail Park is on the opposite side of the North Clyde Line.
Dumbarton Academy is famed as being one of the oldest educational establishments in Scotland with the town of Dumbarton acting as the "Ancent capital of Strathclyde" the academy was opened in the 1600s however the location has changed and the building itself dates back to the 20th century.
In 1996 a 44-year-old geography teacher resigned due to an affair with a 15 year old girl pupil.
Today the school serves the catchment area of Dumbarton and currently has a roll of over 700 pupils.[1] The current head teacher of the School is Graham Hutton, who has been in the post as part of a change in most of the senior management team at the school over the past 4 years.[2]
Today the school enjoys a healthy reputation as one of the most successful schools in West Dunbartonshire and frequently receives positive reports from HMIE inspections.[2]
The school currently operates a policy of inclusion, with recent initiatives, taken to increase the inclusion rate for less able pupils and decrease the rates of bullying in the school.[2]
A new £14.8 million school building is to be built on the former site.