Alness Academy

Alness Academy
Scottish Gaelic Acadamaidh Alanais
Established 1970s
Type Secondary School
Rector Laura Gordon
Depute Rector Margeret Horner,[1]
Location Alness
Ross and Cromarty
IV17 0UY
Scotland Coordinates: 57°41′35″N 4°15′04″W / 57.693°N 4.251°W
Council area Highland
Staff 50
Students 500
Ages 12–18
Houses Beauly, Cromarty, Dornoch, Moray
Colours Black and White
Scottish schools online Alness Academy
Website www.alness.highland.sch.uk

Alness Academy (Scottish Gaelic: Acadamaidh Alanais) is a secondary school in Alness, Highland in the north on the Cromarty Firth of Scotland, serving the town of Alness and the villages of Evanton and Ardross. Along with five associated primary schools, it was one of the pilot New Community Schools in the Highlands. Built in the 1970s, it is one of the main schools in Ross-shire, with around about 500 pupils.

The school's resources include; a multi-purpose Concourse, a hundred seal Lecture Theatre and a library. The PE complex houses a 25 metre swimming pool.

In 2008, the school won a Gold Award in Scotland's Health at Work program. It was the first school in the Highlands and the fifth in Scotland to win the top award.[1]

As part of the Highland Council's Sustainable School Estate Review,[2] Alness Academy along with Invergordon Academy and several feeder primaries, are involved in a public consultation with a view to replace or renew schools provision in the area. Given the proximity of the two towns, various options are being considered, including replacing the schools within their current footprints or building a single secondary to serve both towns. Given the dilapidated state of the current building, renovation is thought to be unfeasible.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gold For Alness Academy", Highland Life (17 January 2008).
  2. ↑ "Sustainable School Estate Review". The Highland Council. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

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