The Gordon Schools

The Gordon Schools

Motto	In Fas Constans
Established	1839
Type	Co-Educational Secondary School
Rector	Phil Gaitor
Founder	Duchess of Gordon
Location	Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 4SE Scotland 57°27′02″N 2°47′00″W / 57.45055°N 2.78339°W / 57.45055; -2.78339Coordinates: 57°27′02″N 2°47′00″W / 57.45055°N 2.78339°W / 57.45055; -2.78339
Ages	11–18
Houses	Badenoch Fraser Gordon Seton
Pupils	Approx 786
Website	The Gordon Schools Website

The Gordon Schools is a six-year, non denominational comprehensive co-educational secondary school located in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It takes pupils from Gordon Primary School, Insch Primary School, and smaller primary schools located around that area of Aberdeenshire such as Drumblade, Glass, Gartly, Cairney, Clatt, Rhynie and Kennethmont.

The School was founded in 1839 by the Duchess of Gordon as a memorial to her late husband.^[1] The original buildings were designed by Archibald Simpson

Notable Former Pupils

John Andrew Crichton FRSE (1899-1985), nutritionist and agriculturalist^[2]

References

External links

1904 picture of school

Schools in Aberdeenshire
Secondary schools	Aboyne Academy Alford Academy Banchory Academy Banff Academy Ellon Academy Fraserburgh Academy The Gordon Schools Inverurie Academy Kemnay Academy Mackie Academy Mearns Academy Meldrum Academy Mintlaw Academy Peterhead Academy Portlethen Academy Turriff Academy Westhill Academy
Special schools	Anna Ritchie School Carronhill School St. Andrew's School Westfield School
Defunct schools	Blairmore School

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