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Banchory Academy

Banchory Academy
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Motto Latin: Ex intelligentia vires
(From understanding comes strength)
Type State coeducational secondary
Headteacher Judith Wight
Depute Rectors Graham Bett, Colin Nicoll & Scott Phimister
Location Schoolhill
Banchory
Kincardineshire
AB31 5TQ
Scotland
57°03′09″N 2°29′33″W / 57.052484°N 2.492575°W / 57.052484; -2.492575Coordinates: 57°03′09″N 2°29′33″W / 57.052484°N 2.492575°W / 57.052484; -2.492575
Students 869
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Houses Kerloch, Lochton, Monearn, Scolty (retired), Ternan
Colours

School

Kerloch

Lochton

Monearn

Ternan

School Years S1-S6
Website Banchory Academy

School

Kerloch

Lochton

Monearn

Ternan

Banchory Academy is a secondary school serving Banchory, Scotland and surroundings, including the neighbouring communities of Raemoir, Crathes, Strachan, Drumoak, Durris, Inchmarlo and Glassel. It currently accommodates roughly 779 pupils.

The Rector is Judith Wight, assisted by Depute Rectors Graham Bett, Colin Nicoll and Scott Phimister.

Banchory Academy ranks amongst the top state schools in Scotland, performing consistently well in SQA examinations. A consistently above average proportion of pupils remain at school for fifth and sixth year to take Intermediate, Higher and Advanced Higher courses. The HM Inspectors of Education report in 2006 judged school accommodation as being 'weak', noting that it was insufficient for the rising school roll. All other school quality indicators were rated 'good', 'very good' or 'excellent'.

In 2008 turf lawn was laid in the sixth year common room. In 2014, Banchory Academy was involved in a legal battle with a previous S6 student for remakes made on the social networking site, Twitter. It is believed that the comments made were directed towards the senior management team at the time. The student was removed from the school with immediate affect and the legal case was dropped. The identity of the student has never been disclosed nor were the comments posted onto the site. The legal case was dropped soon after and no further action was taken.


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