Peterhead Academy
Address
Prince Street
Peterhead

,
AB42 1SY

Scotland
Coordinates57°30′31″N 1°47′20″W / 57.508539°N 1.788831°W / 57.508539; -1.788831
Information
TypeState comprehensive
MottoBuilding a culture for learning
Closed17 November 2023
Local authorityAberdeenshire Council
Head teacherGerry McCluskey[1]
Staff91 FTE (at September 2015)
YearsS1-S6
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1213 (2021)[2]
Houses6
Colour(s)Black, White and Maroon
     
Websitehttp://www.peterheadacademy.aberdeenshire.sch.uk

Peterhead Academy is a six-year Comprehensive Community School in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is operated by Aberdeenshire Council.

History

The original building of Peterhead Academy was built in 1846 and was originally a boys only school The South-east (Modern Languages) wing was built in 1961 with further building in the 1970s taking the school to its current form. The extension to the school is formed of several hexagonal sections and contains the school's swimming pool. It was opened by Fraser Noble in 1978.[3] The newer part of the Academy that is connected to the Peterhead Leisure Centre, is built on the area that used to be Peterhead Railway Station.

Peterhead Academy houses around 1,300 pupils. The Academy is split up into six houses: Arbuthnot, Buchan, Craigewan, Grange, Marischal and Slains. Each house is a different colour with Arbuthnot green, Buchan red, Craigewan yellow, Grange purple, Marischal blue and Slains Turquoise. At one point there used to be eight houses: the six previously mentioned, plus Ugie and Ravenscraig. The Academy's motto is "Domus Super Petram Aedificata" (A House Built on a Rock).[1] The Academy is Scotland's largest school with around 23,000 square metres (250,000 sq ft) in terms of gross internal floor area.[4]

Community School Network

In addition to Peterhead Academy, the Peterhead Community School Network consists of Anna Ritchie School, Boddam School, Buchanhaven Primary School, Burnhaven School, Clerkhill School, Dales Park School, Longhaven School, Meethill School, Peterhead Central School, Port Erroll School and St Fergus School.[5]

Former pupils

References

  1. 1 2 "School website".
  2. "School Roll Forecasts (2021)" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council.
  3. "Varsity head to open £2.5m complex". Evening Express. 27 February 1978. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. "School statistics". The Scottish Government. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015.
  5. "Peterhead Community School Network". Aberdeenshire Council. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  6. Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004), "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. ref:odnb/61346, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61346, retrieved 5 March 2023
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