Annan Academy

Infobox scottish primary, secondary and nursery school
name= Annan Academy


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caption= Old buildings on St John's Road
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rector= Mr Frank Davis
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type= State coeducational secondary
educational authority= Dumfries and Galloway
location= St John's Road, Annan, DG12 6AP
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main feeder schools=Elmvale, Hecklegirth, Gretna, Brydekirk, Newington, Eastriggs, Carrutherstown, Springfield, Kirkpatrick Fleming, Cummertrees, St Columba’s
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age range= 11–18
years taught= S1–S6
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number of pupils= 1,072 (approx)
number of staff= 80 (approx FTE)
website= [http://www.annanacademy.org.uk/Homepage/page1.htm www.annanacademy.org.uk]
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Annan Academy is a secondary school in Annan, in Dumfries and Galloway, formerly Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The present school is the result of an amalgamation in 1921 of the original Annan Academy and Greenknowe Public School, although its history goes back to the 17th century.

There are four "houses": "Bruce", "Douglas", "Kinmount", and "Solway"; whose colours are blue, green, red and yellow respectively. Prefects from the fifth and sixth forms are elected by both pupils and staff.

Behind the buildings are the school's sports playing fields which additionally play host to local fairs and other outdoor functions such as the annual national pipe band competition. Adjacent to the school's main car- and coach park, which is situated at the front of the buildings, lies the Annan public swimming baths and associated car park.

Annan Academy created its own website in February 2007.

History

The original Annan Academy, founded in 1802, was housed in a building in the town's Port St until 1820, when the council built new school premises in Ednam St. From there it moved to further new buildings in Greenknowe in 1840, but these were later replaced by larger ones with a distinctive bell-tower in 1895, which are still in use today and house the school's library. The latter red sandstone buildings were joined during an expansion in the 1960s by several new buildings of contemporary style and construction, enabling it to accept more pupils from a wider catchment area.

Former pupils

*Edward Irving (1792–1834), Scottish clergyman
*Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian
*Archie Brown (1938–), Emeritus Professor of Politics, Oxford University
*Russell Brown (1951–), Scottish Labour Party politician
*Jim Wallace (1954–), Deputy First Minister of Scotland for 1999—2005
*Ashley Jensen (1969–), Hollywood actress

External links

* [http://www.annanacademy.org.uk/Homepage/page1.htm Annan Academy - official website homepage]
* [http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/dumgal/MiniWeb.aspx?id=66&menuid=583&openid=583&pageid=735 Annan Academy on dumgal.gov.uk]
* [http://www.scottishschoolsonline.gov.uk/schools/annanacademydumfriesgalloway.asp Annan Academy on Scottish Schools Online]