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The Gordon Schools, Huntly
The Gordon Schools is a six-year, non denominational Comprehensive school, comprehensive co-educational secondary school located in Huntly, Scotland, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It takes pupils from Gordon Primary School, Huntly, Gordon Primary School, Insch Primary School, and smaller primary schools located around that area of Aberdeenshire such as Drumblade Primary School, Drumblade, Glass Primary School, Glass, Gartly Primary School, Gartly, Cairney Primary School, Cairney, Clatt Primary School, Clatt, Rhynie Primary School, Rhynie and Kennethmont Primary School, Kennethmont. The School was founded in 1839 by the Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Duchess of Gordon as a memorial to her late husband. The original buildings were designed by Archibald Simpson. Notable former pupils * John Andrew Crichton FRSE (1899-1985), nutritionist and agriculturalist * Dallas Allardice, William Dallas Allardice (1919 - 2003), Scottish Rugby player and WW2 commando * Willie Donald (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary School
A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., both levels 2 and 3 of the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED scale, but these can also be provided in separate schools. There may be other variations in the provision: for example, children in Australia, Hong Kong, and Spain change from the primary to secondary systems a year later at the age of 12, with the ISCED's first year of lower secondary being the last year of primary provision. In the United States, most local secondary education systems have separate Middle school#United States, middle schools and High school in the United States, high schools. Middle schools are usually from grades 6–8 or 7–8, and high schools are typically from grades 9–12. In the United Kingdom, most state schools and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |