Hazlehead Academy

Hazlehead Academy

The back of Hazlehead Academy. The building to the left is the swimming pool.
Established c. 1970
Type Secondary School
Head Teacher James Purdie [1]
Location Groats Road
Aberdeen
AB15 8BE
Scotland
Staff 72 FTE
Students 807
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Houses Craigievar, Dunecht, Greyfriars & Marischal
Colours Bottle green and navy blue
School years S1-S6
Website Hazlehead Academy

Hazlehead Academy is a comprehensive secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It has four main feeder primary schools, Airyhall Primary School, Fernielea Primary School, Hazlehead Primary School and Kingsford Primary School - in addition to this, pupils who have been part of a Gaelic unit at Aberdeen's Gilcomstoun Primary School can transfer to Hazlehead, which offers Gaelic as part of the curriculum.

History

Hazlehead Academy is a six-year comprehensive school on the western edges of Aberdeen, adjacent to Hazlehead Park. It has a history stretching back for over 100 years, though it has only existed in its present form since 1970, when the school moved from its former city centre site to the suburb of Hazlehead.

Following the move to the new site in Groat's Road, the new buildings were officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 7 October 1970.

About the School

The current Head Teacher is James Purdie who took up post in August 2016. The school roll is around 800 pupils.

Houses

In recent years there were five houses; Bruce (Blue), Craigievar (Green), Dunecht (Yellow), Greyfriars (White) and Marischal (Red). In 2010, Bruce house was dissolved with pupils being split amongst the remaining four houses.

Notable former pupils

References

Coordinates: 57°8′37″N 2°10′38″W / 57.14361°N 2.17722°W / 57.14361; -2.17722

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