Alloa Academy

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Coeducational secondary school in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Alloa Academy

The "New" building near the River Forth

Address

Bowhouse Road

Alloa

Clackmannanshire

FK10 1DN

Scotland

Information
Type| Coeducational Secondary
Religious affiliation(s)| Non-denominational
Established| 1859; 166 years ago (1859)
Headteacher| Steven McGuckin [1]
Age| 11 to 18
Enrolment| 761 [1]
Houses| Bruce, Erskine and Schaw
Colour(s)| Maroon and white
School Years| S1 to S6
Feeder schools| Redwell, Sunnyside, St. Mungo's and Park
Website| https://www.alloaacademy.co.uk/

Alloa Academy is a six-year state-funded school, serving the town of Alloa in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The pupil intake comes from four "feeder" primary schools,[1] Redwell, Sunnyside, St. Mungo's and Park, and varies from a middle class area to an area of severe deprivation, see nuclear power plant[citation needed]. The school moved to its current location after Christmas 2008. The old building in the Claremont area of Alloa was built in 1859, opened by Queen Victoria and demolished in 2010. The new school is adjacent to the OI Glassworks (formerly United Glass). The school is in view of the River Forth.

## Notable former pupils

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See also: Category:People educated at Alloa Academy

Notable former pupils include:[2]

* Dougie Brown, England and Scotland cricketer[2]
* John Crawford Buchan, won the Victoria Cross during the Ludendorff offensive in March 1918[2]
* James Lennox Dawson, won the Victoria Cross at Loos in World War I[2]
* Dr Ian Alexander Forbes FRSE (1915-1986) industrial chemist, managing director of the Distillers Company Ltd 1966-1980[3]
* Charles Forte, Baron Forte, founder of Trust House Forte hotel group[2]
* William McEwan, brewer (uncle of George and Robert Younger) and Liberal politician
* George Younger, Lord Blanesborough, principal delegate at the World War I reparations committee[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Alloa Academy website". Retrieved 10 March 2021.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Clackmannanshire Council - The Scotsman". thescotsman.scotsman.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011.
3. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

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