Alness Academy

Alness Academy
Scottish Gaelic Acadamaidh Alanais
Established 1970s
Type Secondary School
Rector Laura Gordon
Depute Rectors Mikeala Chapman, Bridget Gibson (acting)
Location Alness
Ross and Cromarty
IV17 0UY
Coordinates: 57°41′35″N 4°15′04″W / 57.693°N 4.251°W / 57.693; -4.251
Council area Highland
Staff 50
Students 417
Ages –12-18
Houses Beauly, Cromarty, Dornoch, Moray
Colours Black, White & Grey
Scottish schools online Alness Academy

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 427 pupils.

Alness GeoScience Stem club came 2nd In the Junior Saltire Awards in Glasgow, June 2015,.[1] The Schools Rock Challenge group came a superb 4th place in the Rock Challenge National Final, Dundee, also in June 2015.[2] In June 2016 Alness Geoscience triumphed yet again winning club of the year 2016 as well as winning the WEIR 3D printed pump challenge, at the celebration of engineering and science, Glasgow science centre.[3]

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

As part of the Highland Council's Sustainable School Estate Review,[4] 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.

On the 25th of January 2016 Funds for a new school building were confirmed[5] The government support will come from £230m it has allocated to replacing or upgrading 19 schools across Scotland. Work could start on the new building in 2019-20.

References

  1. ↑ "SCDI".
  2. ↑ "UK Rock Challenge".
  3. ↑ "SCDI". www.scdi.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Sustainable School Estate Review". The Highland Council. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "BBC".

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