Lenzie Academy facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Lenzie AcademyAcadamaidh Lenzie (Scottish Gaelic)
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Myrtle Avenue,
Lenzie , Greater Glasgow
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| Type | Comprehensive school |
| Motto | Ditior Quia Doctior (Richer through learning) |
| Established | 1886 |
| School district | East Dunbartonshire |
| Head teacher | Brian Paterson since 2011 |
| Faculty | 101 |
| Grades | S1 to S6 |
| Number of students | 1,158 in 2017 |
| Yearbook | Lenzie Academy Yearbook |
| Affiliations | Auchinloch Primary School Lairdsland Primary School Lenzie Meadow Primary School Millersneuk Primary School |
Lenzie Academy is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The catchment area covers Lenzie, Auchinloch and southern parts of Kirkintilloch.
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Senior management team
The school is managed by the senior management team, composed of the Head Teacher and six Deputy Head Teachers, each in charge of a year group. In 2011–present the headteacher was Brian Paterson.
School roll
The most recently reported school roll is 1296, taught by a teaching staff of 101. The S1 intake cap is 240, based on an average annual first year intake of eight classes of approximately thirty pupils each, mostly coming from four associated primary schools, namely Auchinloch, Millersneuk, Lairdsland and Lenzie Meadow Primary. Approximately 40% of the total roll are from outside the catchment area, attending as placing requests. The S1 rolls have slightly reduced in recent years and in early 2012 the reported 2012/2013 intake was 226 pupils, consisting of 125 from the zoned area and 101 through placing requests. The total school roll has been falling every year for the last 8 years with the 2011/2012 figure being 25 pupils lower than the previous years 1321 pupils.
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| School year | School roll | S1 intake | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | Placing requests | Sources |
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| 2004/2005 | 1,431 | 236 | 258 | 256 | 250 | 242 | 189 | ||
| 2005/2006 | 1,387 | 237 | 238 | 260 | 253 | 227 | 172 | 122 | |
| 2006/2007 | 1,380 | 235 | 237 | 240 | 262 | 242 | 164 | ||
| 2007/2008 | 1,362 | 239 | 232 | 240 | 236 | 244 | 171 | ||
| 2008/2009 | 1,358 | 238 | 238 | 238 | 242 | 215 | 187 | ||
| 2009/2010 | 1,334 | 235 | 237 | 238 | 233 | 217 | 174 | 109 | |
| 2010/2011 | 1,321 | 204 | 232 | 229 | 235 | 221 | 200 | 92 | |
| 2011/2012 | 1,296 | 103 | |||||||
| 2012/2013 | 1,269 | 220 | 212 | 212 | 232 | 204 | 189 | 102 | |
| 2013/2014 | 1,238 | ||||||||
| 2014/2015 | 1,231 | ||||||||
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| 2016/2017 | 1,167 | 184 | 217 | 191 | 190 | 222 | 163 | ||
| 2017/2018 | 1,158 | 199 | 186 | 216 | 191 | 175 | 191 |
School buildings
The current red brick Academy building was built in 1960 and extensions have been added to it over the years. The original school building dating from when the Academy was founded in 1886 has since served as Lenzie Primary school. More than 110 years after opening the school admitted its first physically disabled student in 1996 which meant the school had to install a lift and ramps to make the whole building accessible.
Head teachers
There have been ten head teachers of Lenzie Academy. For 125 years until 2011, the head teacher was referred to as Rector.
| Head Teacher | Start of office | End of office | Duration (years) | Comments | Sources |
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| Alexander Buchanan M.A. | 1886 | 1919 | 33 | First head | |
| Peter Dawson | 1919 | 1923 | 4 | Second head | |
| George Murray | 1923 | 1935 | 12 | Third head | |
| Charles Farquharson | 1935 | 1946 | 11 | Fourth head | |
| John Kerr | 1946 | 1950 | 4 | Fifth head | |
| George Young | 1950 | 1965 | 15 | Sixth head | |
| James Hamilton | 1965 | 1977 | 12 | Seventh head | |
| Colin M. Brown | 1978 | 1997 | 19 | Eighth Head | |
| Roderick J. McLelland | 1997 | 2011 | 14 | Ninth to hold the role. He entered early retirement on Friday 24 June 2011 after being in the position since May 1997 and Dr James R Melrose was acting head until the replacement was appointed. | |
| Brian Paterson | 2011 | Tenth head teacher and first to dispense with the term "rector". He was appointed and took up his post in September 2011 after serving as Head Teacher of the now closed Abronhill High School in nearby Cumbernauld. |
Notable people educated at Lenzie Academy
- Moira Anderson (born 1938), Singer
- Sir Andrew Baker (born 1965), High Court judge
- Martin Creed (born 1968), Turner Prize-winning artist
- Rona Dougall, Scotland Tonight presenter, broadcast journalist
- Jane Duncan (1910–1976), Author (known by her legal name of Elizabeth Jane Cameron while a pupil)
- Andy Dunlop (born 1972), Travis guitarist
- Alasdair Graham (pianist) (1934–2016), Scottish concert pianist.
- Andrew Henderson (born 1980), Scottish rugby union footballer.
- Tom Johnston (politician) (1882–1965), Secretary of State for Scotland during the Second World War in Churchill's cabinet
- Jimmy Mack (1934–2004), broadcaster
- Gus MacPherson (born 1968), footballer.
- Ian McCartney (born 1951), former MP, chairman of the Labour Party and member of Tony Blair's cabinet He left the school at the age of 15 "under a bit of a cloud" without any qualifications or school prizes.
- Rhona McLeod (born 1966), news reader.
- Michael Shea (diplomat) (1938–2009), Press Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II (1978–1987) He left the Academy after winning a scholarship to Gordonstoun at the age of 14.
- Billy Williamson (1922–2006), footballer, later a PE teacher at the school.
Academic rankings
In 2014 the school was ranked 13th in STV's league table of Scottish state schools. This builds upon the 19th position achieved in 2013 and the 16th position achieved in 2012 based on the percentage of pupils obtaining 5 or more Highers at bands A-C.
See also
- List of places in East Dunbartonshire
- List of places in Scotland
- Category:People educated at Lenzie Academy
