Hazlehead Academy

Hazlehead Academy
Àrd-Sgoil Cheann Challtain
The school in 2024
Address
Map
Groats Road

,
AB15 8BE

Scotland
Information
School typeState Secondary School
MottoAd altiora tendo
(I strive towards higher things)
Established1970
Local authorityAberdeen City Council
Head teacherJim Purdie [1]
Staff80
Years taughtS1─S6
SexCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1100
Average class size30
Education systemEducation Scotland
Classrooms68
HousesBruce, Craigievar, Dunecht, Greyfriars, Marischal
GangYSB
Colour(s)Bottle green and navy blue   
National ranking155 of 340
Length of day7 periods (Monday, Tuesday)
Opened byElizabeth II
Websitesites.google.com/ab-ed.org/hazleheadacademy

Hazlehead Academy (Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-Sgoil Cheann Challtain), formerly known as Central School then Aberdeen Academy, is a comprehensive secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It has five main feeder primary schools, Airyhall Primary School, Fernielea Primary School, Hazlehead Primary School, Kingsford Primary School and Countesswells Primary School - in addition to this, pupils who have been part of a Gaelic unit at Aberdeen's Gilcomstoun Primary School can transfer to the school, which offers Gaelic as part of the curriculum.

  1. ^ "Alphabetical list of Aberdeen City Schools". Retrieved 18 May 2022.