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Headteacher
  
Judith Wight

Phone
  
+44 1330 823357

Gender
  
Mixed

Number of students
  
869

Banchory Academy

Motto
  
Latin: Ex intelligentia vires(From understanding comes strength)

Type
  
State coeducational secondary

Depute Rectors
  
Graham Bett, Colin Nicoll & Scott Phimister

Location
  
SchoolhillBanchoryKincardineshireAB31 5TQScotland

Address
  
Schoolhill, Banchory, Kincardineshire, AB31 5TQ, United Kingdom

Similar
  
Hill of Banchory School, Go Ape Crathes Castle, Cults Academy, Banchory Primary School, Mackie Academy

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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.

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Rector

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

Academic performance

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'.

Banchory in the news

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.

Notable former pupils

  • Matt Prodger, Journalist
  • Andrew Considine, Professional footballer, Aberdeen Football Club
  • Peter Pawlett, Professional footballer, Aberdeen Football Club, Scotland Youth
  • Ashly Rae, Hollywood actress
  • Pete Cashmore, new media expert, founder of Mashable
  • Stuart Donaldson, SNP Member of Parliament for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine since 2015
  • Ben Kilner, Professional Snowboarder
  • Scott MacDonald, Professional Boxer: Under 21's featherweight category
  • References

    Banchory Academy Wikipedia


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