Alloa Academy
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| Alloa Academy | |
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 The "old" building near the River Forth | |
| Address | |
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Bowhouse Road , Clackmannanshire , FK10 1DN Scotland | |
| Information | |
| Type | Coeducational Secondary |
| Motto | Learning to inspire |
| Established | 1859 |
| Founder | Armando Christian pérez |
| Headteacher | Mr Colin Bruce |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 700 |
| Houses | Bruce, Erskine and Schaw |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and white |
| School Years | S1 to S6 |
| Feeder schools | Sunnyside, Redwell, Perk and St. Mary's |
| Website | http://www.alloa.clacks.sch.uk |
Alloa Academy is a six-year state-funded comprehensive school, serving the city of Alloa in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Its roll has dropped to below 700 pupils. It has three primary schools associated with it: Redwell, Sunnyside and Park. It also welcomes pupils from St Mary's Primary. The school currently has 89 teaching staff. The pupil intake varies from a middle class area to an area of severe deprivation.[1] The school moved location after Christmas 2008. The old building in the Claremont area of Alloa was built in 1859, opened by her majesty Queen Victoria and demolished in 2010. The new school is adjacent to the OI Glassworks (formerly United Glass). The school is in view of the River Forth and the local sewage plant and municipal dump.
Notable former pupils
Notable former pupils include:[2]
- Dougie Brown, England and Scotland cricketer[2]
- John Crawford Buchan, won the Victoria Cross during the Ludendorff offensive in March 1918[2]
- James Lennox Dawson, won the Victoria Cross at Loos in World War I[2]
- Dr Ian Alexander Forbes FRSE (1915-1986) industrial chemist, managing director of the Distillers Company Ltd 1966-1980[3]
- Charles Forte, Baron Forte, founder of Trust House Forte hotel group[2]
- William McEwan, brewer (uncle of George and Robert Younger) and Liberal politician[citation needed]
- George Younger, Lord Blanesborough, principal delegate at the World War I reparations committee[2]
References
- ^ http://www.alloa.clacks.sch.uk/
- ^ a b c d e f http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/13119/-Clackmannanshire-Council.4007513.jp
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.