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Culloden Academy

Culloden Academy
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Established August 1982
Type Secondary school, state funded
Rector Dr James Vance
Depute Rectors John Taylor
Robert Johnstone
Jenny Urquhart
Tracey Lomas
Parent Council Chair Jillian Walker
Location Culloden
Inverness
IV2 7JZ
Scotland
57°29′33″N 4°07′47″W / 57.4924868°N 4.1298381°W / 57.4924868; -4.1298381Coordinates: 57°29′33″N 4°07′47″W / 57.4924868°N 4.1298381°W / 57.4924868; -4.1298381
Local authority Highland Council
Staff ~100
Students 1,099
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Houses Clava Picts (CP) - Blue
Drummossie Vikings (DV) - Green
Keppoch Scots (KS) - Red
Leanach Gaels (LG) - Purple
Colours Black, White and Purple
Website www.culloden.highland.sch.uk

Culloden Academy (Scottish Gaelic: Acadamaidh Cùil Lodair), established in August 1982, is a non-denominational secondary school in Culloden, Highland, Scotland. The present enrollment is 1,099 pupils. The catchment area includes Balloch, Croy, Smithton, Cradlehall and Ardersier in the east of Inverness.

Culloden Academy opened in August 1982 located in the east of Inverness. The facilities in Culloden Academy include a fitness centre, a swimming pool and two athlectic halls. It also serves as a community centre.

The stated aim of Culloden Academy is to "establish a caring, positive and enjoyable educational environment for all who participate in the life of our community school".

An annual Excellence in Performance Arts competition is held in memory of the late Roddy Stewart, a former arts student, who died after being struck by a train in February 2008. Pupils from S4-S6 are invited to perform in the four major performing arts - music, dance, drama and prose.

On Monday 18 September 1995, fourteen year old Malcolm Williams, who was a fourth year pupil at the school, was killed by a ballistic wound from his father's shotgun while at home. There are no known witnesses to the incident. A bench with a commemorative plaque was erected in the school grounds after the incident.


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