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Hazlehead Academy

Field	Value
name	Hazlehead Academy
seal_image	Hazlehead Academy badge.jpg
image	Hazlehead Academy.png
caption	The school in 2024
established	1970
schooltype	Secondary School
fundingtype	State
head	Jim Purdie
motto	Ad altiora tendo
motto_translation	I strive towards higher things
address	Groats Road
city	Hazlehead, Aberdeen
country	Scotland
postcode	AB15 8BE
local_authority	Aberdeen City Council
staff	80
enrolment	1100
years_taught	S1─S6
gender_label	Sex
gender	Co-educational
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
average_class_size	30
system	Education Scotland
classrooms	68
houses	Bruce, Craigievar, Dunecht, Greyfriars, Marischal
colours	Bottle green and navy blue
national_ranking	155 of 340
free_3	Elizabeth II
free_label3	Opened by
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Hazlehead Academy *(*Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-Sgoil Cheann Challtain), formerly known as Central School then Aberdeen Academy, is a comprehensive secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It has five main feeder primary schools, Airyhall Primary School, Fernielea Primary School, Hazlehead Primary School, Kingsford Primary School and Countesswells Primary School – in addition to this, pupils who have been part of a Gaelic unit at Aberdeen's Gilcomstoun Primary School can transfer to the school, 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. In 1901, Aberdeen School Board built Central School on the corner of Schoolhill and Belmont Street, on a site now occupied by a shopping centre named The Academy. In 1954, the school was renamed Aberdeen Academy. When the school closed, the pupils were moved to the new Hazlehead Academy.

Hazlehead Academy was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 7 October 1970. Plans were laid towards the end of the 1950s. The education committee at the time had under consideration the reorganisation of the existing Secondary provision of 3 Senior Secondary schools and a number of Junior Secondary schools into 10 co-educational comprehensives. Hazlehead Academy would become one of these senior secondaries and then a comprehensive school.

The current head teacher is Jim Purdie who took up post in August 2016. The school roll is around 1,100 pupils.

In 2012, the school was selected as the Aberdeen base for the Scottish Football Association's Performance Schools, a system devised to support the development of the best young talented footballers across the country. There are seven such schools across Scotland.

Notable former pupils

Stuart Armstrong: professional footballer, currently playing for Southampton F.C.
Fraser Fyvie: professional footballer, currently playing for Cove Rangers F.C.
Lee Mair: professional footballer, notably formerly of Aberdeen F.C. and St Mirren F.C.
Derek Rae: football commentator, currently working for BT Sport and ESPN
David Rowson: professional footballer, notably formerly of Aberdeen F.C. and Partick Thistle F.C.
Hugh Robertson: professional footballer, notably formerly of Ross County F.C. and Hartlepool United F.C.
Neale Cooper: professional footballer, notably of Aberdeen F.C. and former manager of Hartlepool United F.C.
Rachel Corsie: professional footballer, currently playing for Utah Royals FC and Scotland women's national football team
Laura Main: singer and actress. Star of BBC One's drama Call the Midwife
Richie Ramsay: professional golfer and former champion of U.S. Amateur

References

"Alphabetical list of Aberdeen City Schools".
"The Silver City Vault::Central School (Aberdeen Academy)". Aberdeen Central Library.
(7 October 1970). "Where to see the Queen". The Press and Journal.
(2 January 2012). "Dundee United starlet Stuart Armstrong: I want last laugh on school pal Fraser Fyvie". Daily Record.

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