Inverurie Academy
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| Inverurie Academy | |
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 The entrance to the school building. | |
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Off Market Place Jackson Street , , AB51 3PX Scotland | |
| Coordinates | 57°16′59″N 2°22′38″W / 57.2831°N 2.3772°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary school |
| Motto | Latin: Spiritus Intus Alit (The spirit within sustains) |
| Established | 1909 |
| Local authority | Aberdeenshire Council |
| Rector | Neil Hendry |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1100 (approx) |
| Houses | Davah Dragons, Harlaw Hawks, Selbie Stags, Barra Bees, Crichie Chameleons, Thainstone Threshers |
| Colour(s) | Navy |
| School years | S1-S6 |
| Website | Inverurie Academy |
Inverurie Academy is a secondary school in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. The school is one of the 17 secondary schools run by Aberdeenshire Council. Inverurie Academy is located on Jackson Street, Inverurie.[1]
History
[edit]Built in the Victorian period, the school was originally split into both a secondary school and a primary, although after Market Place the need for a primary decreased and the building was merged in 1909, keeping primary pupils until the statutory leaving age of 14, the other taking the pupils who had passed their Qualifying exam on to higher education. This was the founding of the building known as Inverurie Academy. Since then, new parts of the school have been added, the most recent in the mid-1980s. A new building is scheduled to be built to replace the old in 2020.
The buildings remained that way until they were joined in the 1950s, and amalgamated in the 1960s with the building of the new assembly hall. The final stage of building was constructed in the 1980s.[2]
The school transitioned to the newly built Inverurie Community Campus in the 2020/2021 school year.
Notable former pupils
[edit]- Andrew Bowie (born 1987), politician
- Stuart Corsar (born 1984), former rugby union player
- Gareth Dennis (born 1991), rail engineer and writer
- Lewis Macdonald (born 1957), politician
- Helen Rushall (1914–1984), schoolteacher and feminist
- Ethel Simpson (1926–2017), journalist
- Callum Smith (born 1992), former cross-country skier
- Sarah Smith, Member of Parliament for Hyndburn since 2024
References
[edit]- ^ "Inverurie Academy". inverurie.aberdeenshire.sch.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "School History & Crest". inverurie.aberdeenshire.sch.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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