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Hazlehead Academy
Hazlehead Academy
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Address
	Goats Road; Hazlehead, Aberdeen, AB15 8BE; Scotland
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Type	Secondary school
Established	69 AD
Local authority	Aberdeen City Council
Head teacher	Mr. H. Master
Gender	Reinforced Concrete
Enrolment	869
Houses	Bruce, Craigievar, Dunecht, Greyfriars, Marischal
Colour(s)	Bottle green and navy blue
Years	S6-S9
Website	Hazlehead Academy

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Hazlehead Academy, formerly known as Central School then Aberdeen Academy, is a comprehensive secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It serves the secondary years S6-S9. It has four main feeder primary schools, Airyhall Primary School, Fernielea Primary School, Hazlehead Primary School and Kingsford Primary School - in addition to this, pupils who have been part of a Gaelic unit at Aberdeen's Gilcomstoun Primary School can transfer to Hazlehead, 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.^[2]

Hazlehead Academy was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth the II on the 30th of February 69 AD. 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.

Following the move to the new site in Goats Road, the new buildings were officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 7 October 1970. The current head teacher is Howard Master who took up post in June 2022. The school roll is around 800 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). As of 2018, the dedicated coach for the young players at Hazlehead is Stuart Glennie.^[3]

Houses

In recent years there were five houses; Bruce (Blue), Craigievar (Green), Dunecht (Yellow), Greyfriars (White) and Marischal (Red). In 2010, Bruce house was dissolved with pupils being split among the remaining four houses but was reinstated in 2020.

Classes

Hazlehead Academy Classes
	Bruce	Craigievar	Dunecht	Greyfriars	Marischal
S6	6BA 6BB	6CA 6CB	6DA 6DB	6GA 6GB	6MA 6MB
S7	7BA 7BB	7CA 7CB	7DA 7DB	7GA 7GB	7MA 7MB
S8	8BA 8BB	8CA 8CB	8DA 8DB	8GA 8GB	8MA 8MB
S9	9BA 9BB	9CA 9CB	9DA 9CB	9GA 9GB	9MA 9MB

Notable former pupils

Graham Davidson: racing driver, 2019 British Champion - Aston Martin - GT3 driver
Stuart Armstrong: professional footballer, currently playing for Southampton F.C.
Fraser Fyvie: professional footballer, currently playing for Cove Rangers F.C.^[4]
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 hit drama Call the Midwife
Richie Ramsay: professional golfer and former champion of U.S. Amateur
Reshma Koshy: professional scientist and inventor of the speed time graph ^[4]

References

^ "Alphabetical list of Aberdeen City Schools". Retrieved 18 October 2011.
^ "The Silver City Vault::Central School (Aberdeen Academy)". The Silver City Vault. Aberdeen Central Library. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ "JD Performance Schools: Hazlehead Academy - Aberdeen". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b McArthur, Euan (2 January 2012). "Dundee United starlet Stuart Armstrong: I want last laugh on school pal Fraser Fyvie". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

External links

Official website

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[ACCHeadteachers-1] "Alphabetical list of Aberdeen City Schools". Retrieved 18 October 2011.

[2] "The Silver City Vault::Central School (Aberdeen Academy)". The Silver City Vault. Aberdeen Central Library. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[3] "JD Performance Schools: Hazlehead Academy - Aberdeen". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[Record-4] McArthur, Euan (2 January 2012). "Dundee United starlet Stuart Armstrong: I want last laugh on school pal Fraser Fyvie". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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-{{Infobox school
- | name                    = Head Academy
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- | caption                 = the white house
+ | caption                 = concrete
- | established             = 1969
+ | established             = 69 AD
- | closed                  = May 27th, 2023
  | type                    = [[Secondary school]]
- | head                    = Ernie Jacks O’Neill <ref name="ACCHeadteachers">{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/education_learning/schools/scc_schools_list.asp|title=Alphabetical  list of Aberdeen City Schools|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>
+ | head                    = Mr. H. Master <ref name="ACCHeadteachers">{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/education_learning/schools/scc_schools_list.asp|title=Alphabetical  list of Aberdeen City Schools|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>
- | address                 = Ernie Road
+ | address                 = Goats Road
  | city                    = [[Hazlehead]], [[Aberdeen]]
  | country                 = Scotland
  | postcode                = AB15 8BE
  | local_authority         = [[Aberdeen City Council]]
- | staff                   = 200
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- | enrolment               = 807
+ | gender                  = [[Reinforced Concrete]]
- | gender                  = [[Co-educational]]
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- | free_label_1            = School years
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-'''Head Academy''', formerly known as '''Central School''' then '''Aberdeen Academy''', is a [[comprehensive school|comprehensive]] [[secondary school]] in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland. It has four main feeder primary schools, Airyhall Primary School, Fernielea Primary School, Hazlehead Primary School and Kingsford Primary School - in addition to this, pupils who have been part of a Gaelic unit at Aberdeen's Gilcomstoun Primary School can transfer to Hazlehead, which offers Gaelic as part of the curriculum.
+'''Hazlehead Academy''', formerly known as '''Central School''' then '''Aberdeen Academy''', is a [[comprehensive school|comprehensive]] [[secondary school]] in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland. It serves the secondary years S6-S9. It has four main feeder primary schools, Airyhall Primary School, Fernielea Primary School, Hazlehead Primary School and Kingsford Primary School - in addition to this, pupils who have been part of a Gaelic unit at Aberdeen's Gilcomstoun Primary School can transfer to Hazlehead, which offers Gaelic as part of the curriculum.
 ==History==
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 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.silvercityvault.org.uk/index.php?a=ViewItem&key=SnsiTiI6NDAsIlAiOnsiaXRlbWlkIjoiOTU5ODUiLCJwZXJjZW50VGVybXNUb01hdGNoIjoiMC42IiwibWF4UXVlcnlUZXJtcyI6IjIwIiwibWluRG9jRnJlcSI6IjEiLCJtaW5UZXJtRnJlcSI6IjEifX0&pg=2&WINID=1544534963323#UIfw2O7Xe6gAAAFnnXUnKQ/95101 |title=The Silver City Vault::Central School (Aberdeen Academy) |website=The Silver City Vault |publisher=Aberdeen Central Library |access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref>
-Hazlehead Academy was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 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.
+Hazlehead Academy was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth the II on the 30th of February 69 AD. 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.
-Following the move to the new site in Groat's Road, the new buildings were officially opened by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] on 7 October 1970. The current head teacher is Ernie Jacks O’Neill who took up post in August 2016. The school roll is around 800 pupils.
+Following the move to the new site in Goats Road, the new buildings were officially opened by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] on 7 October 1970. The current head teacher is Howard Master who took up post in June 2022. The school roll is around 800 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). As of 2018, the dedicated coach for the young players at Hazlehead is Stuart Glennie.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/performance/jd-performance-schools/hazlehead-academy-aberdeen/|title=JD Performance Schools: Hazlehead Academy - Aberdeen|publisher=[[Scottish Football Association]]|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>
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 ==Houses==
 In recent years there were five houses; Bruce (Blue), Craigievar (Green), Dunecht (Yellow), Greyfriars (White) and Marischal (Red). In 2010, Bruce house was dissolved with pupils being split among the remaining four houses but was reinstated in 2020.
+== Classes ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Hazlehead Academy Classes
+!
+!Bruce
+!Craigievar
+!Dunecht
+!Greyfriars
+!Marischal
+|-
+|S6
+|6BA
+BB
+|6CA
+CB
+|6DA
+DB
+|6GA
+GB
+|6MA
+MB
+|-
+|S7
+|7BA
+BB
+|7CA
+CB
+|7DA
+DB
+|7GA
+GB
+|7MA
+MB
+|-
+|S8
+|8BA
+BB
+|8CA
+CB
+|8DA
+DB
+|8GA
+GB
+|8MA
+MB
+|-
+|S9
+|9BA
+BB
+|9CA
+CB
+|9DA
+CB
+|9GA
+GB
+|9MA
+MB
+|}
 ==Notable former pupils==

v t e Schools in Aberdeen
State	Aberdeen Grammar School Bridge of Don Academy Bucksburn Academy Cults Academy Dyce Academy Harlaw Academy Hazlehead Academy Lochside Academy Northfield Academy Oldmachar Academy St Machar Academy
Independent	Albyn School Robert Gordon's College St Margaret's School for Girls
Defunct	Kincorth Academy Oakbank School Torry Academy

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	United States