Dollar Academy
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| Motto |
Juventutis Veho Fortunas (Latin: "I carry the fortunes of youth") |
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| Established | 1818 |
| Type | Independent Day and Boarding School |
| Rector | David Knappman |
| Chairman of Governors | John Cameron of Balbuthie CBE |
| Founder | Captain John McNabb |
| Location |
Academy Place Dollar Clackmannanshire FK14 7DU Scotland |
| Students | c. 1250 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 5–18 |
| Houses |
Atholl
Marr
Stewart
Argyll
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| Colours | Navy Blue & White |
| Publication | Fortunas (biannual publication) |
| School newspaper | The Galley Student Newspaper |
| Former pupils | Old Academicals |
| Website | www |
Dollar, founded in 1818 by benefaction of trader John McNabb, is a co-educational day and boarding school in Scotland. The open campus occupies a 70-acre (280,000 m2) site in the centre of the town of Dollar in Central Scotland. The school is located at the foot of the Ochil Hills and surrounded by Clackmannanshire countryside.
There are over 1250 pupils at Dollar Academy, making it the fourth largest independent school in Scotland. On a single campus, it is divided into three separate schools: the Prep School (Preps I to V for ages 5–10), the Junior School (Juniors I and II for ages 10–12) and the Senior School (Forms I to VI for ages 12 going on 18).
Around 100 of the pupils are boarders; the rest are day pupils, either from the village of Dollar itself or from the surrounding counties of Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire, Perth and Kinross and Fife. Just 20% of the boarding pupils are from overseas, representing less than 4% of the total school roll. Foreign pupils come from a range of countries, including France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova, as well as the United States and China. The remaining 80% of boarding students are British nationals.
Dollar Academy has over 70 sports and recreational activities on offer to pupils after the school day and over the weekend. Dollar Academy has produced international competitors across many disciplines, most notably in rugby and shooting.
Dollar Academy follows the Scottish education system, with pupils sitting a mixture of Intermediate 2 and National 5 examinations at the end of Form IV and Highers at the end of Form V/VI. Most courses in Form VI are at Advanced Higher level and a number of pupils study the Scottish Baccalaureate. All standard subjects are on offer at Dollar Academy. The school also teaches Classical Studies, Latin, Greek and Mandarin. IT training is provided to all, and music, art and drama are compulsory for Forms 1 and 2.
Dollar Academy's CCF (Combined Cadet Force) have won the Scottish Schools' CCF skills competition (formerly the Highland CCF Tactical Competition) several times and most recently in 2014 and 2016. Dollar Academy's CCF was also the first Scottish CCF to win the Welbeck DSFC Cadet Leadership Challenge in 2013 and repeated this in 2014 and 2016. The CCF First Aid team is also extremely successful winning the Scottish National every year since 2003 and winning the CCF UK Nationals seven times in nine times in the last eleven years. The school is also the only Scottish school in the last fifty years to win the Ashburton Shield at Bisley, winning in 2005 and 2013.
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