:Peterhead Academy
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| name = Peterhead Academy
| image = Peterhead academy logo.png
| image_size = 225px
| coordinates = {{coord|57.508539|-1.788831|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
| motto = Domus Super Petram Aedificata (A House Built On A Rock)
| established =
| closed =
| type = State comprehensive
| head_teacher = Gerry McCluskey{{cite web |url=https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/Apps/Schools-Contacts/detail.asp?schoolid=bpha&schooltype=aca |title=School contacts: Peterhead Academy |publisher=Aberdeenshire Council |access-date=22 October 2024}}
| head_label =
| head =
| chair_label =
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| address = Prince Street
Peterhead
| county = Aberdeenshire
| country = Scotland
| postcode = AB42 1SY
| local_authority = Aberdeenshire Council
| staff = 91 FTE (at September 2015)
| enrolment = 1213 (2021){{Cite web |title=School Roll Forecasts (2021) |url=https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/media/26893/2021-based-school-roll-forecast.pdf |website=Aberdeenshire Council}}
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| grades = S1-S6
| grades_label = Years
| gender = Co-educational
| houses = 6
| colours = Black, White and Maroon
{{color box|Black}} {{color box|White}} {{color box|Maroon}}
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| website = {{url|http://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.{{Cite news|date=1978-02-27|title=Varsity head to open £2.5m complex|work=Evening Express|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19780227/172/0011|access-date=2021-07-19}} 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.peterheadacademy.aberdeenshire.sch.uk|title=School website}} The Academy is Scotland's largest school with around {{convert|23,000|sqm|sqft}} in terms of gross internal floor area.{{cite web|url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/schestate2011|title=School statistics|work=The Scottish Government|archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20150219031819/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/schestate2011|archive-date=19 February 2015|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/parentscarers/our_schools/csn.asp?csnID=12|title=Peterhead Community School Network|publisher=Aberdeenshire Council|accessdate=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905042031/http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/parentscarers/our_schools/csn.asp?csnID=12|archive-date=5 September 2012|url-status=dead}}
Former pupils
- Peter Buchan (1917–1991), poet
- George Mackenzie Dunnet (1928–1995), ornithologist and ecologist
- Alexander Charles Farquharson (1864–1961), Member of Parliament (1918–1922), doctor, barrister and soldier
- Flora Garry (1900–2000), poet
- Isabella Leitch (1890-1980), nutritionist.{{Citation |title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |date=2004-09-23 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/61346 |work=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |pages=ref:odnb/61346 |editor-last=Matthew |editor-first=H. C. G. |access-date=2023-03-05 |place=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/61346 |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=B.|url-access=subscription }}
- Stuart MacLeod (b.{{nbsp}}1980), magician
- Connor McLennan (b.{{nbsp}}1999), professional footballer
- Colin Mark (b.{{nbsp}}1936), Lexicographer, Author
- Frederick Martin (1882–1950), Member of Parliament (1922–1924)
- Estelle Maskame (b.{{nbsp}}1997), author
References
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Category:Secondary schools in Aberdeenshire