Elgin Academy is a

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Elgin, Moray Elgin (; sco, Ailgin; gd, Eilginn, ) is a town (former cathedral city) and formerly a Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher gr ...

, Scotland. The school was ranked 181 out of 340 schools in Scotland by

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with 37% of pupils attaining five Highers.

Admissions

Pupils at Elgin Academy are in years S1 to S6. Most arrive in first year (S1) from one of the nearby primary schools, which include Bishopmill Primary, West End Primary, East End Primary, Seafield Primary and St Sylvesters. Other pupils arrive in later years, mainly because of the nearby

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base at

Lossiemouth Lossiemouth ( gd, Inbhir Losaidh) is a town in Moray, Scotland. Originally the port belonging to Elgin, it became an important fishing town. Although there has been over 1,000 years of settlement in the area, the present day town was formed over ...

History

Elgin Academy is the biggest school in Moray, with a history going back to the Middle Ages. The first school was built on the adjacent corners of Academy Street and Francis Place, now the site of the local youth cafe. The second academy was built in 1801, on the site that is now

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. The third Elgin Academy building, on Morriston Road, was built in the late 1960s and opened in 1969. In 2006 plans to merge the academy with Elgin High School were rejected after a public consultation. Instead a new £30million building was constructed under

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, and opened in 2012.

Covid-19

Moray had a very low incidence of

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infections by the 10 April 2021. The

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confirmed a cluster of 46 cases developed within the academy in the following 25 days. The school remains open with a intensive screen schedule. In the last week Moray, with 17% of

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’s population, accounted for 100 cases, close to 50% of all Grampian’s cases. The rate per 100,000 people currently lies at 50.1. In

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, for comparison, the rate is 8.4.

List of headteachers

* Ian Andrew – 1922 to 1933 (later head of

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from 1933 to 1943, and from 1943 to 1953 of

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) * Harry Bell OBE – 1933 to 1936 (later rector of

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from 1936 to 1960) * Henry Humble – 1950 to 1964 * Alastair Glashan – 1964 to 1987 * Norman Strachan – from 1987 to 2001 * Alistair Brown – from 2001 to 2006 * Margaret Cowie – from 2007 to 2011 * David Barnett – from 2011 to January 2019 (moved to work at

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in Aberdeen in January 2019) * Kyle Scott -from January 2019 – present day

Notable former pupils

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, former professional rugby player, played for

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and

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as well as in Italy. Was educated at the academy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. * Richard Foster, professional footballer played for

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, Rangers and Ross County was educated at the academy in the late 1990s. * Prof

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, Regius Professor of Medicine at

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was educated at the academy in the 1930s before graduating with a

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from

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in 1944. * Kacper Góralczyk, Former Special intelligence operativehttps://lexlege.pl/ustawa-o-agencji-bezpieczenstwa-wewnetrznego-oraz-agencji-wywiadu/art-103/

References

External links

* {{authority control Secondary schools in Moray Educational institutions established in 1801 1801 establishments in Scotland Elgin, Moray