The Gordon Schools
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The Gordon Schools | |
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Location | |
, , AB54 4SE | |
Coordinates | 57°27′02″N 2°47′00″W / 57.45055°N 2.78339°W |
Information | |
Type | Co-Educational Secondary School |
Motto | In Fas Constans |
Established | 1839 |
Founder | Duchess of Gordon |
Rector | Phil Gaitor |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Houses | Badenoch Fraser |
Pupils | Approx 720[1] |
Website | http://gordonschools.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/ |
The Gordon Schools is a six-year, non denominational comprehensive co-educational secondary school located in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1] It takes pupils from Gordon Primary School, Insch Primary School, and smaller primary schools located around that area of Aberdeenshire such as Drumblade, Glass, Gartly, Cairney, Clatt, Rhynie and Kennethmont.
The School was founded in 1839 by the Duchess of Gordon as a memorial to her late husband.[2] The original buildings were designed by Archibald Simpson
Notable former pupils
- John Andrew Crichton FRSE (1899-1985), nutritionist and agriculturalist[3]
- Iona Fyfe (b.1998), Scots Traditional Folk singer
References
- ^ a b "The Gordon Schools Handbook (2017/18)" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "School History". The Gordon Schools. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-2002)" (PDF). p. 226. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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