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| Stranraer Academy | |
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| Address | |
McMaster's Road , , DG9 8BY Scotland | |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary school |
| Motto | Aim high, work hard, be kind, no excuses |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Secular |
| Established | 1845 |
| Headteacher | Jamie Farquhar[1] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 992 at Sept 2023[2] |
| Houses | Inch, Logan, Dunskey, Glenapp |
| Colour(s) | Blue, white, black (Senior School) |
| School years | S1 - S6 |
| Feeder schools | Belmont, Castle Kennedy, Drochduil, Drummore, Glenluce, Kirkcolm, Leswalt, Park, Portpatrick, Rephad, St. Joseph’s, Sandhead, Sheuchan |
| Website | http://www.stranraeracademy.org |
Stranraer Academy is a secondary school in Stranraer in south west Scotland. It serves the area of Stranraer, the Rhins, and parts of the Machars.
The original Stranraer Academy was opened in 1845 at a cost of £2000 (equivalent to £160,000 in 2024).[3][4] It was built on the site of the present Stranraer Campus of Dumfries & Galloway College. In 1965 a new Academy (B Block) was built alongside a new High School (A Block), and in 1970 the schools joined together.
- ^ "Stranraer Academy Senior Leadership Team". Stranraer Academy. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ Dumfries and Galloway Council website, Stranraer-Academy, retrieved 2024-08-08
- ^ Gazetteer for Scotland website, Scottish Places section, Stranraer
- ^ UK National Archives website, Currency converter: 1270–2017