Kincorth Academy was an

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secondary school in

Kincorth Kincorth is a suburb located to the south of Aberdeen, Scotland. The name is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic "Ceann Coirthe", which probably refers to an old pillar or standing stone A menhir (; from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ...

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, Scotland. Local primary feeder schools were: Abbotswell Primary, Charleston Primary, Kirkhill Primary and Loirston Primary. The school worked in close partnership with Torry Academy in order to offer pupils a wider range of courses, some of which were facilitated by Aberdeen College. Pupils also attended Harlaw Academy and Aberdeen Grammar School for some

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courses as part of the City Campus programme.

History

Kincorth Academy's coat of arms included several symbols, which represented various historical links. The towers indicated the city of Aberdeen and the portcullis was the link between Kincorth and Arbroath Abbey. Prior to 1527, the lands on which the school stands, belonged to the Abbey of Arbroath. In 1551 these lands were passed into the hands of Thomas Menzies of Pitfodels, Provost of Aberdeen. The colours of the Menzies family are red and white and one of the branches of the family has an eagle in its arms. The significance of the eagle is further enhanced by the fact that Kincorth stands on the most easterly point of the Grampians, an area inhabited by the eagle. The name Seann Coirthe is the Gaelic form of Kincorth. Kincorth Academy opened on 19 August 1971 to serve the Kincorth area which had largely developed in the late 1940s and 1950s. Kincorth Academy is a six-year, co-educational, non-denominational school. Until 2005 the school had five houses, to which students were divided into, these were: Braemar, Crathes, Dunnotar, Glamis & Stirling (all named after Scottish castles). Due to the falling school roll, Crathes house was retired and pupils were re-distributed across the remaining 4 houses. In 2010, due to restructuring within the school (and across Aberdeen City Council schools), all houses were retired and organised into 3 larger houses (still named after Scottish castles): Craigievar, Edinburgh & Fyvie. After 47 years, Kincorth Academy was closed on 4 July 2018. Torry Academy closed around the same time, before they were eventually demolished. Both schools were replaced with the newly built £47 million

Lochside Academy Lochside Academy is a co-educational secondary school in Altens, Aberdeen, run by Aberdeen City Council. Its feeder primary schools are Abbotswell School, Charleston School, Kirkhill School, Loirston School, Tullos School, and Greyhope School ( ...

, in Altens. The site is set to be developed as housing, which will also see the loss of floodlit netball and tennis courts.

Headteachers

Former headteachers at the school include: {, class = "sortable wikitable" ! Name ! Dates of service , - , {sort, Alasdair Urquhart , 1971 - 1985 , - , {sort, Patricia MacLean , 1985 - 1990 , - , {sort, Michael Stewart , 1990 - 2000 , - , {sort, Hugh Bryce , 2000 - June 2008 , - , {sort, Grahame Whyte , June 2008 – July 2016 , - , {sort, Mike Paul (acting) , September 2016 - February 2018 {sort Graham Blance February- July 2018}

Former Pupils

* Andrew Shinnie (1989- ), Scottish international footballer * Graeme Shinnie (1991- ), Scottish international footballer

References

{{authority control Secondary schools in Aberdeen Defunct schools in Aberdeen Educational institutions established in 1971 1971 establishments in Scotland Educational institutions disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in Scotland