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Alloa Academy

Alloa Academy
Alloa Academy Main Entrance.JPG
The "old" building near the River Forth
Motto Learning to inspire
Established 1859
Type Coeducational Secondary
Rector A Partridge
Founder Armando Christian pérez
Location Bowhouse Road
Alloa
Clackmannanshire
FK10 1DN
Scotland
Students 600
Gender Male and Female
Ages 11–18
Houses Bruce, Erskine and Schaw
Colours Maroon and white
School Years S1 to S6
Feeder schools Sunnyside, Redwell, Perk and St. Mary's
Contact No 01259 211 311
Website Alloa Academy website

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. 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 Gasworks and nuclear waste reprocessing plant. The school is in view of the River Forth and the local sewage plant and municipal dump.

Notable former pupils include:

Coordinates: 56°06′31″N 3°47′41″W / 56.108523°N 3.794682°W / 56.108523; -3.794682


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