Dumbarton Academy | |
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Address | |
Crosslet Road , , G82 2AJ Scotland | |
Coordinates | 55°56′49″N 4°33′32″W / 55.947°N 4.559°W |
Information | |
Type | Secondary school |
Motto | Fortitudo et Fidelitas |
Local authority | West Dunbartonshire |
Head teacher | Alison Boyles[1] |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrollment | 614[2] |
Houses | |
Website | www |
Founded in 1485, Dumbarton Academy is a mixed secondary school in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Location
[edit]The school is situated near the railway off the B830 in the east of Dumbarton. St James Retail Park is on the opposite side of the North Clyde Line.
History
[edit]Dumbarton Academy, which was originally based in the tower of Dumbarton Parish Church, dates back to the 15th century.[3] It moved to a rented room in a building in the High Street known as "Walker's Close" in 1761 and to a new purpose-built building on the west side of Church Street, close to the corner with the High Street, in 1789.[3] After that building was also found to be inadequate, a new combined burgh hall and academy was erected in Church Street in 1866 designed by William Leiper.[3] The academy then moved to a site formerly occupied by Braehead House in Townend Road in August 1914, before being converted into a comprehensive school and relocating to Crosslet Road in Hartfield in 1972.[3]
Today
[edit]Today the school serves the catchment area of Dumbarton and currently has an enrollment of over 600 pupils.[2] Alison Boyles is the head teacher.[1]
The school received a positive report from the 2009 HMIE inspection.[4]
The school currently operates a policy of inclusion with recent initiatives taken to increase the inclusion rate for less able pupils and decrease the rate of bullying in the school.[4]
Notable teachers
[edit]- Raymond Robertson, Conservative MP 1992-1997 for Aberdeen South
Notable alumni
[edit]- Professor John Campbell Brown, Regius Professor of Astronomy since 1996 at the University of Glasgow, Professor of Astrophysics 1984-96, and Astronomer Royal for Scotland since 1995
- Ian Campbell, Labour MP 1983-87 for Dumbarton, and 1970-83 for Dunbartonshire West
- A. J. Cronin, novelist
- Sir Archibald Denny, ship builder
- John McAusland Denny, Conservative MP 1895-1906 for Kilmarnock Burghs
- Douglas Gordon, Scottish artist and Turner Prize winner, 1978-1983
- Patrick Harvie, Co-Convenor of the Scottish Green Party
- John Hutcheson, New Zealand politician
- Graeme Ramage, professional footballer
- Professor John Rorke CBE, Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1980-88 at Heriot-Watt University
- David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood
- Sir Jackie Stewart, racing driver who won three Formula One championships
- William Strang, painter[5]
- Paul Smith, (1998 - 2003) who at the age of 14, founded a political party called the Scottish People's Workers Socialist party, which had a manifesto of republicanism, nuclear disarmament and the introduction of non-denominational schools in Scotland.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dumbarton Academy". West Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Dumbarton Academy". West Dunbartonshire Council. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Dumbarton Academy". Archives Hub. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Dumbarton Academy Dumbarton Inspection 27/10/2009" (PDF). Educationscotland.gov.uk. 27 October 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ "William Strang". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 26 December 2020.