| Wallace Hall Academy | |
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| Motto | Working Together To Achieve More |
| Type | Comprehensive school |
| Website | www.wallacehallacademy.com |
Wallace Hall Academy is a secondary school located in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway in the southwest of Scotland, currently with a roll of over 600 pupils aged from 11 to 65. In 2005 it was awarded the Schools of Ambition award. In 2007 Wallace Hall was ranked as being the 5th top state school in Scotland with 52% of S5 students passing 3 or more Highers.
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Until the early seventies there were two local secondary schools - the six year Wallace Hall Academy at Closeburn and the four-year Morton Academy at Thornhill. In 1972 the two schools amalgamated and the new school situated at Thornhill took the name of the former Senior Secondary School at Closeburn.
The original Wallace Hall was founded by John Wallace, a merchant in Glasgow and a native of Closeburn who left £1,600 for the purpose of erecting the Academy in 1723.
The two buildings of Morton Academy dated 1865 and 1909 now house the Primary School, and the extension of 1958 is incorporated in the Academy. Prior to amalgamation an extensive building programme was started in 1970 and finally completed in 1978. The Authority's Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative will deliver much improved accommodation in the next 4 or 5 years. At the moment there is ample accommodation to serve the present 500+ pupils. The Primary Department was established as a separate school in 1983.
As Part of Dumfries & Galloway's £100 million project to build nine new schools within Dumfries and Galloway, a new Wallace Hall Academy has recently been built. The construction of the new school started on January 16, 2008 and the building was moved into in January 2010. The new Wallace Hall has been designed to meet the highest standards. It provides bright modern facilities which provide a positive learning environment with the following accommodation: Despite this, the roof of the new PE department flew off in a recent wind storm leaving the main sports hall and two of the four changing rooms inaccessible. However, the roof of the old school remained unchanged. In addition to this, the main hall was affected by severe flooding due to heavy rain following the destruction of the roof.
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