Cults Academy is an

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secondary school in

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Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

, Scotland. It was the recipient of The Sunday Times Scottish State Secondary School of the Year Award 2008 because of its outstanding exam results that year, having been rated 3rd in 2005. Based on pupil numbers, Cults Academy is the largest state school in Aberdeen. It was founded in 1967. The old 1960s school building was replaced with a new building on the former site of its playing fields in 2009.

Pupils

Approximately 1170 attend the school each year (one of the largest school rolls in the Aberdeen area), between the ages of approximately 11 to 18. The majority have attended one of the four primary schools in the catchment area; Cults Primary School, Culter School, Lairhillock Primary and Milltimber Primary. On 28 October 2015 Bailey Gwynne, a 16-year-old pupil, died after being stabbed at the school.

Head Teachers

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s who have led the school include:

Houses

Pupils are split up into six different houses each with their own Guidance teacher who offers help, support and takes Social Education classes. The six houses are named after local areas and landmarks: Cairn, Devenick, Friarsfield, Ronan, Murtle and Blairs. Cults academy Main Entrance1

Notable former pupils

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- Retired footballer, and current manager of

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. Son of

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* Jason White -

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rugby union captain. *

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- former

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Shaun Maloney Shaun Richard Maloney (born 24 January 1983) is a Scottish football coach and former player. Maloney played for Celtic, Aston Villa, Wigan Athletic, Chicago Fire, Hull City and the Scotland national team as an attacking midfielder or winger. ...

- Scotland international footballer. *

Mitchel Megginson Mitch Megginson (born 27 July 1992) is a Scottish Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for Cove Rangers F.C., Cove Rangers. Club career Megginson made his debut for Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen in ...

- Aberdeen football player. *

Juliet-Jane Horne Juliet-Jane Horne is a Scotland, Scottish model, born in Aberdeen in June 1984. As Miss Scotland, she was crowned the 2nd runner-up at Miss World 2001 and earned the title 'Europe's Queen of Beauty'. As the highest-ranked United Kingdom, British ...

- Former Miss Scotland, who finished 3rd in

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- Former member of

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Robbie Renwick Robert Peter Renwick (born 21 July 1988) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and FINA world championships, as well as Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. Renwick is a world champion and a Co ...

- Swimming finalist (Men's 200m Freestyle & Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay) at the

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, and won silver (Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay) for Scotland at the

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References

External links

Cults Academy's page on Parentzone
{{authority control Secondary schools in Aberdeen Educational institutions established in 1967 1967 establishments in Scotland