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Cults Academy

Field	Value
name	Cults Academy
image	Cults Academy.png
caption	Cults Academy Arms
coordinates
head_label	Head Teacher
head	Ross Allan
established
address	Quarry Road
city	Aberdeen
country	Scotland
postcode	AB15 9TP
local_authority	Aberdeen City Council
gender	Coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
houses	Cairn, Devenick, Friarsfield, Ronan, Murtle, Blairs, Hillview
colours	Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Purple and Silver

enrolment	1,450 (approx)
staff	100 (approx)
website

Cults Academy is an Aberdeen City Council secondary school in Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland. It was the recipient of The Sunday Times Scottish State Secondary School of the Year Award 2008 because of its outstanding exam results that year, having been rated 3rd in 2005.{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051224183857/http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/top50statescotland.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 24 December 2005 As of 2023, Cults Academy is the 6th best school in Scotland. Based on pupil numbers, Cults Academy is the largest state school in Aberdeen. It was founded in 1967.

The old 1960s school building was replaced with a new building on the former site of its playing fields in 2009.

Pupils

Approximately 1300 attend the school each year (one of the largest school rolls in the Aberdeen area), between the ages of approximately 11 to 18. The majority have attended one of the four primary schools in the catchment area; Cults Primary School, Culter School, Lairhillock Primary and Milltimber Primary.

On 28 October 2015 Bailey Gwynne, a 16-year-old pupil, died after being stabbed at the school.

Head Teachers

Head Teachers who have led the school include:

Name	Incumbency
	Ross Allan
	David Barnett

Houses

Pupils are split up into seven different houses each with their own Guidance teacher who offers help, support and takes Social Education classes. The seven houses are named after local areas and landmarks: Cairn, Devenick, Friarsfield, Ronan, Murtle, Blairs and Hillview.

Notable former pupils

Darren Ferguson - Retired footballer, and current manager of Peterborough United. Son of Sir Alex Ferguson
Jason White - Scotland rugby union captain.
Callum McCaig - former Scottish National Party Member of Parliament
Shaun Maloney - Scotland international footballer.
Mitchel Megginson - Aberdeen football player.
Juliet-Jane Horne - Former Miss Scotland, who finished 3rd in Miss World 2001.
Calvin Goldspink - Former member of S Club 8.
Robbie Renwick - Swimming finalist (Men's 200m Freestyle & Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay) at the Beijing Olympics 2008, and won silver (Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay) for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games 2006.
Clark Robertson - Scottish footballer who plays for Dundee F.C.

References

Speirs, Kathleen. (2023-09-09). "Full 2023 list of the best and worst-performing high schools in Scotland".
"Two new secondary schools opened in Aberdeen".
(28 October 2015). "Pupil dies after school stabbing at Cults Academy". BBC News.
https://cults-academy.aberdeen.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Cults-Academy-Prospectus-2024.pdfCults Academy - School Prospectus (Page 4). Retrieved 18 January 2025.
(29 October 2015). "Newspaper headlines: Aberdeen school stabbing, Cameron's EU exit warning and £21m Fifa refund call".
"Secrets & Lives: Jason White".
"Callum McCaig".
"Robbie Renwick: I just swim for the love of it".

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