Alness Academy

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Alness Academy
Type State comprehensive school
Rector Ken McIver[1]
Location Alness
Highland
IV 17 OEL
Scotland
LEA Highland
Staff 50.8 (FTE basis)
Students 514[2]
Houses Dornoch, Murray, Beuly, Cromarty
Website www.alness.highland.sch.uk

Alness Academy (Scottish Gaelic: Fàilte Gu Acadamaidh Alanais) is a high school located in Alness, Highland in the north on the Cromarty Firth of Scotland. Built in 1970s, it is one of the main schools in Ross-Shire, with around about 600 pupils all in.[citation needed] Has a rugby, football and hockey team.

In 2008, the school won a Gold Award in Scotland's Health at Work program. It was the first school in the Highlands and the fifth in Scotland to win the top award.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Gold For Alness Academy", Highland Life (17 January 2008).
  2. ^ Alness Academy website.

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Coordinates: 57°41′37″N 4°15′05″W / 57.69361°N 4.25139°W / 57.69361; -4.25139