Lornshill Academy is a six-year
comprehensive school situated in
Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Approximately 1030 pupils are enrolled with the school. Lornshill currently employs approximately 80 teachers and around 30 support staff. Lornshill is currently associated with seven primaries – Craigbank, Clackmannan, Banchory, Fishcross, Deerpark, Abercromby and Saint Serfs.
Pupils
Pupils are placed in one of four houses: Devon, Forebraes, Grange and Ochil. Pupils are normally of the ages 11 – 18 and are split into a standard S1-S6. These years are then again split into two subgroups: Junior (S1-S3), and Senior (S4-S6).
Notable former pupils
Former
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has p ...
and
Sauchie Juniors F.C. player
Alan Hansen
Alan David Hansen (born 13 June 1955) is a Scottish former footballer and BBC television football pundit. He played as a central defender for Partick Thistle, for the successful Liverpool team of the late 1970s and 1980s, and for the Scotl ...
was taught at Lornshill
Former Scotland Rugby Captain
Grant Gilchrist
Grant Gilchrist (born 9 August 1990) is a Scottish rugby union player who plays at Rugby union positions#Locks, lock for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship.
Background
Gilchrist was schooled at Lornshill Academy, and played with ...
.
Current Edinburgh Rugby player
Sean Kennedy
Notable former staff
Ex-
First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell
Jack Wilson McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, (born 30 June 1960) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2001 to 2007. McConnell served as the Minister ...
taught Maths at Lornshill.
References
External links
Lornshill AcademyLornhill Academy's page on Scottish Schools Online
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Secondary schools in Clackmannanshire
Educational institutions established in 1970
Alloa