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Moray Firth School

Field	Value
name	Moray Firth School
coordinates
motto	Finding a Way
established	September 2002
closed	September 2010
type	Independent
head_label	Principal
head	Anni Cole-Hamilton
founder	Anni Cole-Hamilton
address	Petty East
location	Gollanfield
postcode	IV2 7QP
country	Scotland
local_authority	Highland
gender	Co-educational
lower_age	5
upper_age	18

Moray Firth School was an independent school located at Gollanfield, between Inverness and Nairn, Scotland. It was open 2002–2010 and during that period was the only independent school in the Highland council area.

Establishment

Plans for the new school were published in January 1998. The building was previously occupied by the Petty East School that was closed by Highland Council due to falling rolls.

Moray Firth School was opened, in September 2002, by Anni Cole-Hamilton, who was also its principal. When it opened it offered classes from primary one to secondary one, with the capacity to take 80 pupils.

The school

The school had taught children aged 5 to 18 years. It featured that each pupil had their own individual learning plan.

At the time of closure it had pupils aged 5 to 14 with plans to add a sixth form, and was the only independent school in the Highlands.

Events

The school, which had charitable status, was embroiled in a controversy in February 2008 when its website advertised a course on how to repair guns and maintain weapons. The advert was part of a package from Google.

Richard Dawkins visited the school in April 2009 and was quizzed on his views on evolution.

The Inverness-based Truly Terrible Orchestra was originally located at the school.

Proposed relocation and closure

The Principal announced in February 2009 that she was seeking a greenfield site in Inverness to allow the school to continue with its expansion plan and to make the school more accessible to children.

The school closed in September 2010 in preparation for a move to the Inverness Campus. These plans were abandoned in February 2011 and at the time the school website stated that the school "remains in abeyance".

References

(23 June 2006). "Pupils forge new link along Moray Firth". [[The Press and Journal (Scotland).
(23 January 1998). "Plan for private school in Highlands". [[The Herald (Glasgow).
Jardine, Cassandra. (16 November 2002). "Is this Scotland's smallest school?". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
(4 January 2002). "Countdown to new public school". The Scotsman.
"Moray Firth School". [[The Good Schools Guide]].
Rutherford, Nichola. (28 September 2010). "School suspends classes and seeks move". [[The Press and Journal (Scotland).
Wilson, D. (16 February 2008). "School horror at guns site link". Highland News.
Morrison, Jennifer. (30 April 2009). "Pupils Quiz Professor on Evolution". Inverness Courier.
(21 September 2007). "Tackling Beethoven in terrible style — earplugs advised". Inverness Courier.
(9 February 2009). "School steps up search for Inverness site". [[The Press and Journal (Scotland).
"Moray Firth School". Moray Firth School.

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