the Gordon Schools

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{{Infobox school

| name = The Gordon Schools

| image = The Gordon Schools.jpg

| coordinates = {{coord|57.45055|-2.78339|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| motto = In Fas Constans

| established = {{start date and age|1839}}

| type = Secondary School

| head_label = Rector

| head = Phil Gaiter

| founder = Duchess of Gordon

| address =

| city = Huntly

| county = Aberdeenshire

| country = Scotland

| postcode = AB54 4SE

| gender =Co-educational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

| houses = Badenoch, Fraser, Gordon, Seton

| website = {{URL|http://gordonschools.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/|The Gordon Schools}}

|enrollment=720 (approx)}}

The Gordon Schools is a six-year, non denominational comprehensive co-educational secondary school located in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.{{cite web|title=The Gordon Schools Handbook (2017/18)|url=http://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/Apps/schools-contacts/handbook/Gordon%20Schools%20(The).pdf|publisher=Aberdeenshire Council|accessdate=28 April 2018}} It takes pupils from Gordon Primary School, Insch Primary School, and smaller primary schools located around that area of Aberdeenshire such as Drumblade, Glass, Gartly, Cairney, Clatt, Rhynie and Kennethmont.

The School was founded in 1839 by the Duchess of Gordon as a memorial to her late husband.{{cite web|title=School History|url=http://gordonschools.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/school-history/|publisher=The Gordon Schools|accessdate=28 April 2018}} The original buildings were designed by Archibald Simpson.

Notable former pupils

  • John Andrew Crichton FRSE (1899-1985), nutritionist and agriculturalist{{cite web|title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-2002)|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|accessdate=28 April 2018|page=226}}
  • William Dallas Allardice (1919 - 2003), Scottish Rugby player and WW2 commando
  • Willie Donald (born 1953), cricketer and former president of Cricket Scotland
  • Simon Duffy (born 1971), award-winning songwriter and music producer.
  • Iona Fyfe (born 1998), award-winning Scots singer and musician.

Notable staff

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