Aboyne Academy
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Aboyne Academy is a secondary school in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The school is located on the Western side of the village and serves many other villages in the surrounding area, including: Braemar, Ballater, Kincardine O'Neil and Tarland. As of September 2015, the school has 665 pupils,[1] making it one of the smallest secondary schools in Aberdeenshire.
Senior leadership team
The school’s head teacher is Lorraine Scott who took over from the school’s former rector Raymond Jowett in October 2015.[2] At this time, she also officially changed the post’s name from “rector” to “head teacher”. The school also has three deputy head teachers: Barry Drennan, Malcolm MacIntyre and Michel Foy, who serve various management roles in the school, as well as CSN Support Services Co-ordinator Dr Jonathan Holden.[3]
Academic performance
Aboyne Academy consistently performs well in national examinations, performing above their virtual comparator (a tool used by Education Scotland to rate schools’ performance) in all areas.[4] A 2011 inspector’s report found the school to be “very good” or “good” in all areas and the school experiences truancy rates far below the national average.[5]
Lost project
In 2011, the school began working with local and national archaeological groups in what is considered to be the largest school archaeology project in Scotland.[6] The project involved a large number of first year pupils who performed a large archaeological survey at the site of former settlements in the Invercauld Estates called Auchtavan and Loin, which mostly abandoned during the 19th and early 20th century, though the last occupants left in the mid-1900s. From their work, the pupils created an exhibition at the nearby Breamar castle including a reconstruction of the inside of one of the houses.[7] The pupils also created a short documentary which was shown at a local film festival.
Children in Need
The school has a long tradition of fundraising for the annual charity event Children in Need which aims to raise money and awareness to support disadvantaged children in the UK. This usually includes fundraising activities and a talent show participated in by students in the week leading up to the televised event. This culminates with pupils wearing costumes and the talent show final on the Friday of Children in Need. In 2011, English teacher and coordinator of Children in Need in the school for 23 years Ella Egan appeared on the televised event along with several pupils in recognition of the money she had helped to raise, totalling almost £100,000.[8]
References
- ^ "Parentzone: My school: Find a school: Aboyne Academy". Education Scotland. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Aboyne Academy welcomes new Head". Deeside Piper. Deeside Piper. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Staff". Aboyne Academy. Aboyne Academy. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Inspection Report - 23 August 2011" (PDF). Education Scotland. Education Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "School level data". Education Scotland. Education Scotland. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "S1 Enterprise: LOST? 2010/2011". Aboyne Academy. Aboyne Academy. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Castle is home to new exhibition". Deeside Piper. Deeside Piper. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Fundraising Aboyne teacher Ella Egan set to retire". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
External links
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