{{Infobox school | name = Stromness Academy | image = Stromness Academy - geograph.org.uk - 3642915.jpg | caption = Stromness Academy in 2013 | motto = Navigate to Success | established = 1875 | closed = | former_name = Stromness Higher Grade school<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vat |first1=Dan van der |title=The grand scuttle: the sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 |date=1986 |publisher=Waterfront |location=Edinburgh |isbn=9780862280994}}</ref> | type = | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_teacher = Paul Barber | head_label = | head = | r_head_label = | r_head = | founder = | specialist = | address = Cairston Road | city = Stromness | county = Orkney | country = Scotland | postal_code = KW16 3JS | coordinates = {{coord|58.969556|-3.2854507|type:edu_region:GB-ORK|format=dms|display=title,inline}} | local_authority = Orkney Islands Council | ofsted = | staff = 61 | enrolment = 410 | sex = | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = {{URL|https://www.stromnessacademy.org.uk/}} }}
'''Stromness Academy''' is a secondary school located in the town of Stromness in the Orkney Islands,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orkney.com/listings/stromness-academy|title=Stromness Academy|website=Orkney.com}}</ref> established in 1875.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stromnessacademy.org.uk/home/history/|title=Stromness Academy History|website=Stromness Academy}}</ref>
==History== Stromness Academy was originally opened in 1875 in the town centre of Stromness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Files/Planning/Development-and-Marine-Planning/Adopted_Dev_Briefs/Orkney_Research_Campus_Stromness.pdf|title=Orkney Research Campus, Stromness|website=Orkney Islands Council}}</ref> In the 1980s, Stromness Academy was rebuilt in its current location, just outside the Garson Industrial Estate on the east side of Stromness, with the new building officially opening on 11 September 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst92729.html|title=Stromness Academy|website=Scottish Places}}</ref> A large extension was added in 2009, which included a music department, and PE and guidance facilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stromnessacademy.org.uk/home/history/|title=History of Stromness Academy|website=Stromness Academy}}</ref>
==Intake== Stromness Academy accepts pupils from Stromness Primary School, Evie Primary School, Firth Primary School, Stenness Community School, Dounby Primary School, Orphir Community School and Rousay Community School. Pupils from North Walls Junior High School can choose to go to Stromness Academy or Kirkwall Grammar School once they reach S3.
Pupils from the surrounding primary schools attend Stromness Academy for transition days in Primary 7 before they go up to the high school full time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stromnessacademy.org.uk/pupils-2/primary-7-transition/#p7|title=P7 Transition Days|website=Stromness Academy}}</ref>
==Houses== The houses in Stromness Academy are:
*Magnus (Green) *Rognvald (Red) *Thorfinn (Blue)
There used to be a fourth house (Sigurd), however it was disbanded in 2014 after a falling school role in the early 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stromnessacademy.org.uk/pupils-2/houses/|title=Houses|website=Stromness Academy}}</ref>
==Notable former pupils== * George Mackay Brown, (1921–1996), poet and author
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.stromnessacademy.org.uk/}}
Category:Secondary schools in Scotland Category:Education in Orkney Category:Stromness Category:1875 establishments in Scotland Category:Educational institutions established in 1875