Elgin Academy, Moray

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Elgin Academy
Address
Elgin Academy, Moray
Morriston Road

Elgin
,
Moray
,
IV30 4ND

Scotland
Coordinates 57°39′09″N3°19′41″W / 57.6525°N 3.328056°W / 57.6525; -3.328056
Information
Established1801;223 years ago (1801)
Local authorityMoray
Staff73 (FTE) [1]
Enrolment1024 (2018)
Houses
  Gordon
  Innes
  Moray
  Randolph
  Seafield
Colour(s)    Navy Blue, Black and Red
Website www.elginacademy.co.uk

Elgin Academy is a secondary school in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. The school was ranked 181 out of 340 schools in Scotland by the Times with 37% of pupils attaining five Highers. [2]

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Admissions

Pupils at Elgin Academy are in years S1 to S6. Most arrive in first year (S1) from one of the nearby primary schools, which include Bishopmill Primary, West End Primary, East End Primary, Seafield Primary and St Sylvesters. Other pupils arrive in later years, mainly because of the nearby Royal Air Force base at Lossiemouth.

History

Elgin Academy is the biggest school in Moray, with a history going back to the Middle Ages. The first school was built on the adjacent corners of Academy Street and Francis Place, now the site of the local youth cafe. The second academy was built in 1801, on the site that is now Moray College. [3]

The third Elgin Academy building, on Morriston Road, was built in the late 1960s and opened in 1969.

In 2006 plans to merge the academy with Elgin High School were rejected after a public consultation. [4] Instead a new £30 million building was constructed under private finance initiative, and opened in 2012. [5]

Covid-19

Moray had a very low incidence of Covid-19 infections by the 10 April 2021. The NHS confirmed a cluster of 46 cases developed within the academy in the following 25 days. [6] The school remains open with a intensive screen schedule. [7]

In the last week Moray, with 17% of Grampian’s population, accounted for 100 cases, close to 50% of all Grampian’s cases. The rate per 100,000 people currently lies at 50.1. In Aberdeenshire, for comparison, the rate is 8.4. [7]

List of headteachers

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "Elgin Academy". Scottish Schools Online. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Correspondent, Mark McLaughlin, Scottish Education. "Scottish school league tables 2020: Five years at top of table for Jordanhill". ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 14 February 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Crowther, Stuart (16 January 2012). "Nostalgic look back for former Academy staff and pupils". STV News . Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Elgin schools merger is rejected". BBC News . 3 April 2006.
  5. ↑ Crowther, Stuart (19 April 2012). "Academy pupils settle in at £30m new school". STV News. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Clark, Jonathan (4 May 2021). "Number of Covid-19 cases associated with Elgin Academy rises to 46". Northern Scot. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  7. 1 2 Hutchison, Caitlin (5 May 2021). "Head teacher says 'we will beat this virus' as school reports almost 50 Covid cases". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Elgin Academy's New Rector". The Glasgow Herald. 20 February 1964. p. 13. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Children sent home after Elgin Academy fire". Northern Scot. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Obituary – Professor Alexander Stuart Douglas" (PDF). Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Journal. 29: 178. 1999.
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