Rothesay Academy

Secondary school in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland

55°49′32″N 5°03′26″W / 55.8256°N 5.0572°W / 55.8256; -5.0572InformationTypeSecondary schoolEstablished1870 (current location 2007)Local authorityArgyll and Bute CouncilGenderCoeducationalAge11 to 18Enrolment281 (approx)School yearsS1-S6Websitehttps://www.rothesayacademy.argyll-bute.sch.uk/

Rothesay Academy is a secondary school in the town of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.

Feeder schools

Rothesay Academy has 3 associated primary schools: Rothesay Primary School and St. Andrew's Primary in Rothesay and North Bute Primary in Port Bannatyne.^[1]

History

The school as an institution first opened in 1870, replacing the earlier Croft Lodge and a church school.^[1] The original Victorian building, overlooking Rothesay Bay, was extended and modernised in 1910 and again in 1938. It burned to the ground in 1954^[1] and was replaced by a building of contemporary architecture, which opened in 1959. The present building at Townhead dates from 2007,^[2] on a joint campus site with Rothesay Primary School and Argyll College.^[1] It is one of a batch of joint campuses constructed around the west of Scotland from 2005 to 2009.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "History". Rothesay Academy. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ "Academy housing plan under threat - Local Headlines". The Buteman. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2012.