Cults Academy
Headteacher	Ms Anna Muirhead
Type	State coeducational secondary
Authority	Aberdeen City Council
Location	Hillview Drive, Cults, Aberdeen AB15 9SA, Scotland
Coordinates	57°7′6″N, 2°11′20″W
Founded	1967
Feeders	Cults Primary, Culter School, Milltimber Primary, Lairhillock Primary and St. Joseph's Primary
Age Range	11 - 18 years
Secondary Years	6
Pupils	1,150
Staff	100 (approx.)
Website	cults-academy.aberdeen.sch.uk
Email	enquiries@cults-academy.aberdeen.sch.uk
Telephone	+44 (0)1224 868801

Cults Academy is an Aberdeen City Council secondary school in Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland. It is renowned for its excellent exam results and was rated the 3rd best Scottish state school in 2005.^[1] Founded in 1967, the academy has always played a key role in the community and the wider area, with a branch of the Dutch Rijnlands Lyceum International School based at the school for children of oil industry expats. The school has various sports teams and societies, along with a large music set-up and its own newspaper/magazine. It is the largest state school in Aberdeen (based on pupil numbers). The school is to be replaced with a new building on the site of the existing playing fields, with plans available on the school website and at local council locations. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Aberdeen City Council represents the Aberdeen City council area of Scotland. ... , Cults is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Culter School (pronounced coo-ter) is an Aberdeen City Council owned and operated primary school in Peterculter, Aberdeen, Scotland. ... Aberdeen City Council represents the Aberdeen City council area of Scotland. ... , Cults is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ...

Subjects

The school teaches a variety of subjects, offering most at all levels of Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) school qualifications; Standard Grade, Intermediate 1 & 2, Higher and Advanced Higher and are very over-protective about their precious league tables.

Exam Results

Exam results generally are above-average, with the school's aforementioned high rating evidence of this. In the 2005-2006 session 21 Pupils gained "5As" however this number dropped to 16 in the 2006-2007 session. ^[2]

Pupils

Approximately 1170 attend the school each year (one of the largest attendances in the Aberdeen area), between the ages of approximately 11 to 18. The majority have attended one of the five primary schools in the catchment area; Cults Primary School, Culter School, Lairhillock Primary, Milltimber Primary, and St. Joseph's Primary (a Roman Catholic faith school). Children from other areas attend after successful application by parents. In the sixth year section of the school, Prefects and Senior Prefects are appointed to help with the running of the school and also to work in co-operation with the Senior Management Team (SMT). A parochial school (also known as a faith school or a sect school) is a type of school which engages in religious education in addition to conventional education. ...

Senior Management

The senior management team (SMT) at Cults Academy consists of the headteacher, deputy-headteacher, three year heads and the school manager.

• Ms Anna Muirhead - Head Teacher
• Mrs Judith Mohammed - Deputy Head Teacher
• Mrs Eleanor Ross - Head of S5 and S6
• Mr William Heaps - Head of S3 and S4
• Mr Brian Angus - Head of S1 and S2
• Mr David Wood - School Support Manager

Houses

Pupils are split up into six different houses each with their own Guidance teacher who offers help, support and takes Social Education classes. The five houses are named after local areas.

• Blairs - Mrs Elizabeth Neish
• Cairn - Mr Keith Sutherland
• Devenick - Mrs Elizabeth Mieklejohn
• Friarsfield - Mr Andrew Parks
• Ronan - Miss Sally Stuart
• Murtle - Mrs Carol McKillop

As of the 2008/2009 session Blairs house will cease to exist and a new structure for SMT and guidance will be implemented so that Deputy Heads no longer are in charge of a year but a particular house as well as the Guidance teacher.

Notable alumni

Some recent more notable former pupils of Cults Academy include:

• Jason White - Scotland rugby union captain
• Shaun Maloney - Scotland and Aston Villa player
• Juliet-Jane Horne - Former Miss Scotland , who finished 3rd in Miss World 2001
• Amanda-Jane Taylor - Miss Commonwealth Eternal 2007-2008, Miss Commonwealth Scotland 2004-2007,Won the Northsound Outstanding Contribution to the Community 2007-2008, 1st runner up in Miss Commonwealth International from 54 Commonwealth countries worldwide, Miss Commonwealth Charity International 2006-2007 & 2007-2008, Appointed Ambassador for Aberdeen City & Shire, Mattel's Face of Barbie, Miss Aberdeen 2004-2005, Miss Earth Scotland, Miss Photographic North, runner up in Miss Scotland and winner of many singing national contests, signed to 8 model agencies nationwide.
• Robbie Renwick - Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist
• Steven Bolton - Basis for design of Cadbury's Freddo chocolate bar.
• Calvin Goldspink - Singer and British and US TV actor former member of pop group S Club 8.
• Rachael Tennent - 2007 Miss Great Britain
• Seamus McDonald - Complete and utter pro. Walks real quick.
• Lewis 'the fish' Thomson - international wikipedia disciple.

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Head Boys and Girls

	Head Boy	Head Girl	Senior Prefects
2007 - 2008	Neil Matheson	Rachel Ironside	Neil Buchan, Chris Stewart, Stewart Pether, Nicola Buchan, Gillian McCulloch
2006 - 2007	Murray Robb	Julia Maxwell	Andrew Clark, Andrew Keiller, Kirsty Leonard, Sylvia Kamya, Harriet Young
2005 - 2006	Simon Dunford	Fiona Black	Laura Connal, Lauren Mcnicoll, Gillian Nobel, Liam Foster, Joe Littlechild
2004 - 2005	Callum Smith	Rachel Tennant
2003 - 2004
2002 - 2003
2001 - 2002
2000 - 2001	Gregor Boyd	Helen Lloyd	Jenny Arthur, Haakon Dahle-Smith, Clare Buchan, Euan Gregory
1999 - 2000
1998 - 1999
1997 - 1998	Simon Reid	Joanna Long	Ian Buchan, Katy Christiansen, Morag Emery, Calum

See also

• Cults

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External links

• Cults Academy Official Site

References

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